From: Kenn Humborg (kenn at domain bluetree.ie)
Date: Tue 25 May 1999 - 11:08:22 IST
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.
Use the restricted and password options in /etc/lilo.conf.
See lilo.conf(5)
Did I see something before about a version of init that runs su rather
than /bin/sh when going into single user mode?
Kenn
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