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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.
>

BTW, if you haven't tried:

# msec 4

you should (at least on a server machine). Many of the settings there
rock (IIRC it restricts by default if you installed in level 4), such as
not showing OS details in a getty etc etc ...

Regards,
Buchan

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