Hi, I disagree with the point that lilo is worse than grub because of this. changing permissions on /etc/lilio.conf resolves this issue. RH8.0 at least comes with default root only rw permission for lilio.conf
-kg On Sun, 9 Mar 2003, Anirban Biswas wrote: > Hi , > It is a very old & known thing pal & acctually it is not a hacking since to > do the below things you have to get access to the machine physically else you > can not do that . > > Also the following lines in lilo.conf will pervernt it > restricted > password="passwprd" > > will solve the problem but the better thing is one should use grub. > > Since any body can log as nornal user & then read lilo.conf to get the > password. > > > Anirban Biswas. > > > > > > On Sunday 09 Mar 2003 00:01, suvoraj biswas wrote: > > Here I want share a trick abt changing root's password.It's very > > easy. > > The steps are: > > 1>When graphical lilo appears press Ctrl+X to change to text > > mode. > > 2>Type "linux single" without "" > > 3>When SH# prompt appears, type the password command "passwd" > > 4>It'll ask you to enter new password. > > 5>Ok, done...here root now has a new password. > > 6>reboot it now. > > > > Check various linux related tutorial on my site: > > http://suvoraj_biswas.tripod.com > > -suvoraj > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the body > "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. > FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/node.php?id=3 > -- To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the body "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/node.php?id=3
