[Freedombox-discuss] password reset success

[Marco A. Calamari]

On Thu, 2019-11-14 at 21:02 +0100, Geert Stappers wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 14, 2019 at 07:58:07PM +0100, Geert Stappers wrote:
> > On Wed, Nov 13, 2019 at 02:45:44PM -0800, Sunil Mohan Adapa wrote:
> > > On 13/11/19 2:09 pm, Johannes Keyser wrote:
> > > > On 13.11.19 20:07, Geert Stappers wrote:
> > > > > 
> > > > > How to do a password reset for a freedombox?
> > > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Another idea to gain SSH-login might be to add an SSH-pubkey into fbx's
> > > > .ssh/authorized_keys, but I haven't tried that.
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > This should work any admin user or 'fbx' user.
> > 
> > Confirming that placing  SSH-pubkey in ~fbx/.ssh/authorized_key
> > got me ssh access.
> > 
>    ...
> > 
> > Groeten
> > Geert Stappers
> > Has login access, now needs `sudo password`    :-/
> 
> Got sudo access by setting
>   %sudo	ALL=(ALL:ALL) NOPASSWD:  ALL
> in /etc/sudoers

Hi Gert, a suggestion.

1) write down the new password in some safe place (really safe!)

2) undo /etc/sudoers change

FWIW.   Marco