Hi
On Mon, 27 Mar 2000, Dogpile ping wrote:
>
> 1. at lilo prompt if i type linux single the system
> boots to $ and there is no login password checking the
> user is root. if i change the password the roots
> password changes. how do i disable this
'man lilo' is your friend. Look for 'restricted' and 'password option.
> 2. i start up linux system to stsrt X windows system
> by default at this time i noticed that if without
> logging the system if i select shutdown from menu the
> system shuts down even if i login as root at a
> different console. in short i want only root to start
> and shutdown the system also i want to know how i
> prevent the system from shutting down if no user has
> logged in . if after booting i chose the shutdown menu
> from the login screen in x windows
I think to allow only root to shut down, you have to fiddle with booting
scripts. On RHL6.1, 'halt' asaks for user password but ctrl+alt+delete
works for anybody. I think you can disable this. Read docs(I don't have
access to them now ;-))
HTH
Bye
Shridhar
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