On Wed, Jan 02, 2002 at 01:04:55AM -0800, rahul parkhi wrote:
>
> Can anyone please tell me how to prevent someone from
> typing 'linux single' at the time of booting the
> machine and then directly changing the root password.
>
---end quoted text---
IIRC, this point has come up 2 or 3 times in the last three
months.
Ultimate Answer : physical security with 50 Kg lock !
Temp Solution : Password protect the LILO boot from HDD. The
person intending to break through can still break through by
a) Booting through floppy and bypassing your lilo.conf
b) Booting via loadlin or alternate boot loaders
c) Booting through a stand-alone distro (floppy / CD based)
and doing anything with everything !
HTH
Bish
PS: Please ALWAYS put a subject to mails, for the sake of
folk like us on threaded mailers.
--
:
####[ Linux One Stanza Tip (LOST) ]###########################
Sub : Optimising updatedb database LOST #136
Updatedb creates a database of all installed files and saves
usually to /usr/local/var/locatedb. Certain entries waste time
and space. Rename and make a symlink, or make a script with:
#updatedb --prunepaths="/var /tmp /mnt /cdrom /floppy /proc"
####<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>####################################
:
_______________________________________________
linux-india-help mailing list
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
