-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Seth S. Edwards wrote: > However, as > most take their laptops places that are outside of their control, having > this added layer of security is beneficial.
The enabled kdm password is only beneficial for the case that the laptop is unattended *and* powerd on *and* sitting at kdm's login prompt. This would almost never be the case for my laptop, so I have long disabled the login password. FWIW, (less than stone old) Thinkpads have the reputation that it is rather difficult, if not practically impossible, to break the bios password. YMMV, Johannes -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkl9qhMACgkQC1NzPRl9qEUY8QCdFMtGDPFRkjENT0gqPeh/Znx9 4Q0An3EGL8FYqGajxOMnY4xtqv5s8yde =2OTH -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
