Re: [Full-disclosure] I find a bug

[Georgi Guninski <guninski@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

the OP wrote "ROOT PASSWORD". i suppose many people can't tell the difference 
"ROOT PASSWORD" vs "SOMETHING ELSE".

On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 05:16:43AM -0600, Laurelai Storm wrote:
> Yeah but you know damn well what he meant, and thats my point smartass.
> 
> On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 5:11 AM, Georgi Guninski <guninski@xxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> 
> > on vanilla ubuntu 10.04 your command doesn't ask for the ROOT password, it
> > asks for the password of the luser running "sudo".
> >
> > On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 04:45:50AM -0600, Laurelai Storm wrote:
> > > try sudo su - root
> > >
> > > On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 4:21 AM, Georgi Guninski <guninski@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> > >wrote:
> > >
> > > > can you give a reproducible testcase to try (i am confused by "user:
> > > > root")?
> > > >
> > > > On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 10:33:14AM +0100, Christian Sciberras wrote:
> > > > > FYI I got asked for the root password (user: root, pass: *whatever*).
> > > > > I don't expect you to know my machine better than I do.
> > > > >
> > > > > On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 10:16 AM, Georgi Guninski <
> > guninski@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > >wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 04:43:31PM +0100, Christian Sciberras
> > wrote:
> > > > > > > Oh, and for what it's worth, I get asked for the root password on
> > my
> > > > > > machine
> > > > > > > (vanilla ubuntu).
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > FYI vanilla ubuntu doesn't set a root password (try to log in as
> > root).
> > > > > > i don't expect you to know advanced stuff like this.
> > > > > >
> > > >
> >

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