On Sat, 22 May 1999, Sameer D. Sahasrabuddhe wrote:
> When I start my system using the "single" parameter at LILO prompt, the
> system boots into runlevel 1, alright. But there's no login prompt for the
> root password. It just assumes root login and starts with su priviledges
> How can that be?
>
> If this happens on a network, it can spell trouble if anybody gets physical
> access to the system. Is there a workaround?
>
> Sameer.
>
Hi,
Use LILO passwords. You can use this feature of LILO to prompt for
a password whenever you boot into linux or only when command line
parameters are used at LILO prompt (the 'restricted' option). Use the
password option at the global level with the 'restricted' option at the
per-image level in /etc/lilo.conf .
Read the 'lilo.conf' man page for more details.
Vinod
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