Root password in Ubuntu 5.10
It has been reported here that this file (/var/log/installer/cdebconf/questions.dat ) contains all the installation logs and included in the file are the default user and root passwords created in the install process in clear text. Can anyone check this out and see if it works? I’m running Dapper and it seems the bug is gone.
[tags]Ubuntu, root password, bug, exploit[/tags]
I really don’t know.. I changed yesterday to dapper drake too.. It’s very stable and functional now, let’s wait for the final version and backports working. it will r0x…
I couldn’t find my user password on that file.
sudo rm -dfr /var/log/installer
sudo rm -dfr /var/log/debian-installer
Mas oh my gawd … the end is near 🙁
Confirmed on all my Breezy systems (Kubuntu). This is *really* serious! How this bug came to be can be read here: http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=143334&page=7