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) -- Levi Ramsey [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] The food of love is Mandrake root. GPG Fingerprint: 354C 7A02 77C5 9EE7 8538 4E8D DCD9 B4B0 DC35 67CD Currently playing: Metallica - Welcome Home (Sanitarium) Linux 2.4.21-0.13mdk 11:50:00 up 1 day, 21:56, 13 users, load average: 0.01, 0.11, 0.19
