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[ILUG] Security permissions for passwd

[ILUG] Security permissions for passwd

kevin lyda kevin at suberic.net
Tue Jun 20 17:29:22 IST 2000


On Tue, Jun 20, 2000 at 05:05:28PM +0100, Mark Fallon wrote:
> But this still does not get around the:
> 	linux init=/bin/sh
> 
> from Kevin's mail. Is there any easy way to stop this?

yes it does.  a lilo password is different then a single user one.
you can configure lilo to require a password to boot an image with
command line options.  see the password and restricted options
in lilo.conf(5)

kevin
-- 
kevin at suberic.net       "we were goin' for breakfast.  in canada.  we
fork()'ed on 37058400    made a deal: if she'd stop hookin', i'd stop
meatspace place: work    shootin' people.  maybe we were aiming high."
                                                   --porter, "payback"




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