Mac OSX Tiger hacked by simple two keystrokes ...?

[sasi_10]

Hi everyone ,

 

I am pretty new to mac. Recently, I bought a Mac mini (10.9) after being a fan of Hackintosh. Today,

I found something peculiar , wierd thing when my password is not recognised by Mac OSX. Every time

I entered the password from my memory , the Mac OSX threw out an "Invalid

password " error message. So, I opened the terminal.app and typed in my password in clear text in

textedit.app. and pasted for "sudo echo test" command. I received password error message again.

 

After a few times of trying , I figured out a way to hack admin password by simply pressing a two keys and

I was in. I am to create any file "/" and also run any "sudo ..." command. This is unbelievable for me. The toughest Mac OSX , bows down by two keystrokes. Since, I am new to Mac. Is this an issue and already reported before or is this an easter egg ??

 

thanks,

[mifki]

you mean boot into Single user mode?

[[idkfa]]

Whoever has physical access to your machine can do what he wants with it; it's the same for windows. If you run XP, just pop in a Win2000-CD, start recovery console and it won't ask for a password, too (unlike the XP cd would).

Or just use that linux password reset CD (forgot its name), which lets you change passwords, disable password requirements and more.

 

For linux, it's the same: boot from some live-CD, mount the partition, chroot and change password.