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Lost root access possibility /sbin/nologin [duplicate]
I accidentally edited the file /etc/passwd on my server in the following way:
root:x:0:0:root:/root:/sbin/nologin
Now I can not login as root. When I enter the su command, Cannot execute ...
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Access denied for root user
my ssh has started to refuse users from out of the blue. I started to connect via Putty as root, me and other users.
login as: root
root@31.XX.XX.XXX's password:
Access denied
What could be wrong? ...
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SSH hosts.deny and hosts.allow
I have this content in hosts.deny (with a new line at the end):
#
# hosts.deny This file describes the names of the hosts which are
# *not* allowed to use the local INET services, as decided
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How to give user root access without giving him root password
The scenario is this:
I have a development machine I want (need) to have root access to
Our admin setups the machines using his own credentials for the root user. The explanation being that if ...
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Amazon EC2 fault after upgrade lose root access
ufff I upgrade my instance with amazon ec2 . I login again with my keypair and OK I am there User ubuntu
Now I make sudo su or sudo -i and now the system ask password . What password I not setup any ...
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How can I limit root to being able to only login on the console via /etc/security/access.conf
I know that I can prevent root from logging in via ssh with /etc/ssh/sshd_config but the auditors also want to see it done in /etc/security/access.conf as well.
It seems doable but I can't determine ...
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Best practice for multi Admin root access
I'm trying to put together a security policy for a collection of Linux servers. There are 8 people in my organization that require root level access over SSH.
At a past company, my solution was to ...
