Re: [ILUG] security!

From: Sean McGrath (sean at domain hdl.ie)
Date: Tue 25 May 1999 - 11:04:45 IST

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Diarmaid O'Loughlin wrote:
>
> On LILO's boot: prompt if you type 'linux single' (I think, I saw it in a
> book anyway) You start linin in single user mode! As root! How can you
> stop this! Is's a tiny bit of a security problem me thinks.

  lilo can also have a password.
   bios password.

>
> D.
>
> Dollar at domain csn.ul.ie
> D at domain linuxmail.org
>

Sean.
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