Quoting Paul Lussier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Them: Gasp! This floppy is dangerous! Where did you get it? > Me: Internet. Been around forever. > Them: How do we keep students from using this? > Me: Can't. Migrate. Linux. Mac. > Them: No, no, no. Just make NT safe. > Me: Can't. NT inherently unsafe.
*Toms walks up to the Linux box, does virtually the same danged thing with a bootable floppy. Mounts file system, edits /etc/passwd directly.. *snickers* The only correct answer to addressing EITHER NT or Linux is to encrypt the filesystem. Both Linux and Windows NT/2k/XP have this capability. The only difference is editing /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow instead of c:\winnt\system32 \sam.dat (Think thats the SAM database, can't recall exactly) I know, meant to be a joke, but.... *snickers* --- Thomas Charron << Is beadarrach an ni an onair >> ***************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *****************************************************************
