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I recently purchased a 386 running AT&T UNIX System V for 10 bucks...While I
know the password to access the Audix voicemail system, I can't get root
access.

What are my options for getting acess to root? do I need to reinstall UNIX?. If
so, where can I get a copy of System V for very little or for free?(no manuals
needed, I have those)

*Maniac* 1-978-440-8146 x.212=VMB
"There's nothing RIGHT about the Christian Right, and there's nothing FUN about
Fundamentalists."
My #1 frustration is that I can learn stuff faster than I can read it off the
page. It's a damn bottleneck.

I recommend Linux. I've used Red Hat and SuSE; I prefer Red Hat.

Tell us more about the system: How much hard drive space, RAM, what
video
card, etc.

Regards,
Ed
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   Q: Why do PCs have a reset button on the front?
   A: Because they are expected to run Microsoft operating systems.

Ed Finch wrote

Quote:

>Tell us more about the system: How much hard drive space, RAM, what
>video
>card, etc.

It's got a 38 meg ESDI in it, 4 megs of RAM, and the video card is VGA (i
think)

What I really need to do is get the password file off it (it's shadowed, and
I've had no luck finding it) once I do that, I can crack it on my pentium.
Installing a new OS isn't really an option, since it's set up as an Audix
voicemail server, and I'll lose the Audix stuff If I re-install...I basically
need to hack it...I asked the guy who sold it to me, and he doesn't know the
root login either..

*Maniac* 1-978-440-8146 x.212=VMB
"There's nothing RIGHT about the Christian Right, and there's nothing FUN about
Fundamentalists."
My #1 frustration is that I can learn stuff faster than I can read it off the
page. It's a damn bottleneck.

[courtesy CC sent to author in E-Mail]

Quote:>I recently purchased a 386 running AT&T UNIX System V for 10 bucks...While I
>know the password to access the Audix voicemail system, I can't get root
>access.

>What are my options for getting acess to root? do I need to reinstall UNIX?. If
>so, where can I get a copy of System V for very little or for free?(no manuals
>needed, I have those)

You can always head over to rootshell.com, and see if they've got any
general-purpose exploits that might work under your OS.  (Like sendmail
exploits.)  If it's got network services, it can probably be hacked.
Hunt around for suid-things.  See if they can be exploited.  (You'd be
suprised.)  Check your boot-scripts to see if any were left
world-writable.  Check your directories to see if you can write to them.

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