[GRLUG] get back access to root

[Tim Schmidt]

On 9/11/06, Bob Kline <bob.kline at gmail.com> wrote:
> In fact,  kubuntu live will not allow you
> to mount the hard drive without being
> root. How do you become root on a live
> CD?

Type 'sudo' followed by a command...

> Wouldn't the procedure below allow you
> to walk up to any PC with Linux on it and
> make changes that only root can normally
> make,  and thereby enable you to trash
> someone's system,  or otherwise make
> changes someone wouldn't want?

Of course.  Physical access = root access with _very_ few exceptions.

> Or am I missing something here?

Nope.

--tim