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Old 09-19-2005, 06:43 AM   #1
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'logout' inserted in profile


If someone forgets to logout bfore leaving a terminal and a 'logout' is inserted in his profile, how can it be rectified by that person?
 
Old 09-19-2005, 07:51 AM   #2
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so someone played a trick on you and now you can't login? nice... You really need to get the administrator to remove the offending entries assuming you have no access to a higher level account yourself
 
Old 09-19-2005, 10:10 AM   #3
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Actually, no.. this was a question in a certain event on ethical hacking and I'd like to know the answer... you can't seek the administrator's help here...
 
Old 09-19-2005, 10:33 AM   #4
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so this is homework then?
 
Old 09-19-2005, 11:34 AM   #5
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No dude.... It's just knowledge for the sake of it... that event happened some 3 months ago and I was just chewing cud... so I wouldn't be gaining anything - not material, at least.
 
Old 09-19-2005, 12:34 PM   #6
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Well there should be no way for a user to bypass their .bashrc, as that could easily lead to security issues and such. AFAIK There is no escape sequence to bypass them. As such you would need to be able to access those files as someone else, as naturally your own user account is not able to complete a full login. this person would need to be an administrator, i.e. root.
 
Old 09-19-2005, 05:01 PM   #7
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There are some things you can do, but under circumstances.

e.g if you have ftp access, you ftp to the machine and then rename the .bashrc or .profile or .bash_profile or whatever
to another name and then login like usually. You then edit the renamed file, delete the "logout" line and rename it back
to the normal name.

e.g if some friend has an account, he logins and the you "su" to your account.
when you run "su" (not "su -") then the shell startup scripts are not run, so you can edit the profile.

There are other solutions like these but every solution starts with "if"
 
  


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