On Friday 14 March 2003 09:56 am, scott chevalley wrote:
> perhaps not by default, but if you type
> linux single init=/bin/sh
>
> at a lilo prompt (or grub, but it would look different), you can bypass
> any security on the system except for encrypted filesystem security, as
> far as I'm aware.  Besides, with all the knoppix based CD distro's out
> there, including one that fits on a  business card CD, anyone can boot
> the pc with that and Knoppix will automatically mount all the
> recognizable partitions as it boots..
>
> Just my 0.02
>
> Scott

Dont overlook lilo's security - my laptop is setup to boot HD only, bios 
settings are pw protected. Lilo will boot linux without a password but 
requires a password if any cmdline options are given to lilo with a kernel, 
so it still stops people from booting with an external disk, and can't boot 
single mode.


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