05-25-2007
user commands without root access
Hi
I have been asked to find out how to
1) create users
2) reset passwords
3) kill processes that may require root privileges
without having root password, sudo rights or rights to passwd command
Any ideas?
Thanks in advance
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LEARN ABOUT SUNOS
dialups
dialups(4) File Formats dialups(4)
NAME
dialups - list of terminal devices requiring a dial-up password
SYNOPSIS
/etc/dialups
DESCRIPTION
dialups is an ASCII file which contains a list of terminal devices that require a dial-up password. A dial-up password is an additional
password required of users who access the computer through a modem or dial-up port. The correct password must be entered before the user
is granted access to the computer. The set of ports that require a dial-up password are listed in the dialups file.
Each entry in the dialups file is a single line of the form:
terminal-device
where
terminal-device The full path name of the terminal device that will require a dial-up password for users accessing the computer
through a modem or dial-up port.
The dialups file should be owned by the root user and the root group. The file should have read and write permissions for the owner (root)
only.
EXAMPLES
Example 1: A sample dialups file.
Here is a sample dialups file:
/dev/term/a
/dev/term/b
/dev/term/c
FILES
/etc/d_passwd dial-up password file
/etc/dialups list of dial-up ports requiring dial-up passwords
SEE ALSO
d_passwd(4)
SunOS 5.10 4 May 1994 dialups(4)