Re: [Full-disclosure] I find a bug

[Christian Sciberras <uuf6429@xxxxxxxxx>]

I suppose not everyone can tell the difference between the root password on
MY computer as opposed to the others out there.

I never said sudo asks for the root password...little recap:
"I get asked for the root password on my machine (vanilla ubuntu)."

That's my last line on the matter...don't have much time playing with
trolls...maybe another time...



On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 12:35 PM, Georgi Guninski <guninski@xxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> 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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