Locked out of Root

[Jerry McAllister]

On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 10:55:19PM -0400, APseudoUtopia wrote:

> Hey,
> 
> I have one user (other than root and the other system users) on my
> box, and that user is _NOT_ in the wheel group. I also have root
> logins disabled via SSH. This is a remote server and all I have is SSH
> access.
> 
> Is there any way that I can gain root? I know the root password and
> everything, but I just can't get to it. The user is not in the wheel
> group, and root login is disabled in SSH.

You will need to gain console access or get someone there to 
gain console access.   Then login as root and add that non-root
account to the wheel group (or have the _trusted_ local person do it).   
Have the local person log out and you can then immediately log in as
the non-root, su to root, check if anyone else is connected and then 
change the root password.   

////jerry


> 
> Thanks for any help/advice.
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