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Operating Systems AIX quick question Post 302100418 by keith.m on Tuesday 19th of December 2006 03:47:49 PM
Old 12-19-2006
quick question
Hi,

At best I'm a junior admin with a big problem.
My developers have got my root password and mgmt insists they need it.

I can't even change it when people knowing it leave.

I'm certain they've hardcoded it into routines. I've searched my servers and grepped everything & can't find it.

I think I know what's going on and now I'll get to the point.

I inserted the date command into the .profile script, redirecting the output to a log. I followed that with a who, also directed to the log.

The .profile is executed multiple times per night, but the who command isn't producing any output. I've checked and when ftp'ing into a box, I don't appear via a who.

I think they've got root's password hardcoded into ftp routines on remote boxes.

I've searched and there was a post, by ytakbob, 9/28/2006, titled FTP Server Log. I read it and all the reply's I found and it didn't appear to have been answered.
I'm also in an AIX 5.2 environment.

Can I post the same question? Or, was there a reply posted that I haven't found that suggests a way to track/log ftp's comnig into my server?

I'm not going to be able to do anything unless I can prove they've got my password hardcoded into routines.

Just as an FYI, I know how to get around they're perceived 'need' for root access, but mgmt is resolved to follow through on this long-gone consultants plan.

Thanks in advance for any guidance you might be able to offer.
 

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asadmin-list-admin-objects

asadmin-list-admin-objects(1AS) 				   User Commands				   asadmin-list-admin-objects(1AS)

NAME

       asadmin-list-admin-objects, list-admin-objects - gets all the administered objects

SYNOPSIS

       list-admin-objects  --user  admin_user [--password admin_password] [--host localhost] [--port 4848] [--secure|-s] [--passwordfile filename]
       [--terse=false] [--echo=false] [--interactive=true]

       Lists all the administered objects. This command is supported in remote mode only.

OPTIONS

       --user		       authorized domain application server administrative username.

       --password	       password to administer the domain application server.

       --host		       machine name where the domain application server is running.

       --port		       port number of the domain application server listening for administration requests.

       --secure 	       if true, uses SSL/TLS to communicate with the domain application server.

       --passwordfile	       file containing the domain application server password.

       --terse		       indicates that any output data must be very concise, typically avoiding human-friendly sentences and favoring well-
			       formatted data for consumption by a script. Default is false.

       --echo		       setting to true will echo the command line statement on the standard output. Default is false.

       --interactive	       if set to true (default), only the required password options are prompted.

       Example 1: Using list-admin-objects

       asadmin> list-admin-objects --user admin --password admin123
       Command list-admin-objects executed successfully

EXIT STATUS

       0		       command executed successfully

       1		       error in executing the command

       asadmin-create-admin-object(1AS), asadmin-delete-admin-object(1AS)

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