I checked into the man page. it is *almost* what I want. However, the
man page says this about the "password" option:

"A password is only required to boot the image if parameters are
specified on the command line (e.g. 'single')."

If I have no parameters on the command line. it seems to me the password
is not required. However, I'll test it out and let you know.

Thanks,
Rick

On Tue, 2002-10-15 at 18:09, Jerry A! wrote:
> 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
> 
> Open-Source software isn't a matter of life or death...
> ...It's much more important than that!
> 
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