On Tue, Jun 20, 2000 at 04:36:22PM +0100, Mark Fallon wrote:
> > Isn't is possible to password protect going to single user mode from
> > the LILO prompt. Another reason why it is nice to have a good
> > recovery disk around. Boot from floppy, mount filesystem,
> > edit file, sync (just to make sure), unmount and reboot.
and the fact that a good recovery disk works is why it's pointless
to have a password going into single user mode. in fact since you can just
type:
linux init=/bin/sh
you don't even need a recovery disk. and pw protecting lilo is pointless
since you can either use a recovery disk or just rip out the disk and
mount it elsewhere.
repeat: must. have. physical. security. to. be. secure.
kevin
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