On Fri Mar 14 11:52 -0500, Jason Straight wrote:
> On Friday 14 March 2003 11:11 am, Levi Ramsey wrote:
> > If someone has physical access to the computer they can pass their own
> > parameters to the kernel, including init=/bin/bash, whcih, bada bing
> > bada boom, gives them instant root.
> 
> man lilo - you can restrict it from allowing cmdline, or even booting 
> altogether wihout a pw.

Still, if someone has physical access to the computer, there's no
stopping them from opening it, removing the drive, mounting it
themselves, and editing the boot-sector to disable the password ;o)

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