On Tue, Oct 15, 2002 at 05:50:52PM -0400, Rick Friedman wrote:
: I'm sure someone here can help me with this. Say I have two Linux
: kernels. One, is version 2.4.19 and the other is 2.4.18. In lilo.conf,
: I've labeled 2.4.19 as "linux" and 2.4.18 as "linux-old". Those are now
: the options that show up in the LILO graphical menu at boot time.
:
: My question: Is there anyway to prevent a normal user from booting into
: "linux-old"? I want to keep it on the menu as an option but I really
: only want it to be used if there is some problem booting into 2.4.19.
: Can a password be put on "linux-old" so that only someone who knows it
: can boot into it? If not, is there anyway to accomplish what I want?
Suprisingly enough, there's an option called "password". Check out the
man page for lilo.conf for the specifics.
--Jerry
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