Haha. I think the question you want to ask is "How can I hack someone's linux box?" ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anindya Mozumdar" <anindya@xxxxxxxxx> To: <linux-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2004 4:42 AM Subject: Re: Root Permissions > Hi, > Probably I framed the question badly, so everyone has misunderstood > what I asked. I am not at all interested in reinstalling or > preventing my friend from doing what he wants. I wanted to know what > he may have possibly setup so that he can become root any time, so > that I can do the same. And I wanted to know how it can be reversed, > so that my own system is protected from such attacks. > Thanks. > Anindya. - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-admin" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html