On Tuesday, April 2, 2002, at 12:59 PM, Bill -Sx- Jones wrote:
> On 4/1/02 9:46 PM, "Chris Devers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On Mon, 1 Apr 2002, Bill -Sx- Jones wrote: >> >>> Cmd-S (Single User Mode.) >> >> Why are you booting into single user mode to edit >> /private/etc/hostconfig? >> Why not just edit it normally, then reboot if you have to? Does being >> booted into single user mode while editing the file resolve some issue >> that I'm not able to think of here? I don't see the point here... > > > Apparently you didn't read the whole message ? > > Re-read it and get back to me; Yeah, except that you don't SAY what the point is in the original message. Are you looking for some string that's automatically output during the boot sequence? I don't get it either. Also, you said: > (Just goes to show that if you can touch a Unix box there isn't any > security... I think it should have at least asked me for the ROOT > password > upon entering Single User/Maintenance mode :( Yeah, and if you forget /that/ password? Or if, like me, you've never known it, and you want to use 'sudo' instead of knowing it? There's not *supposed* to be any security if you've got physical access to the machine. If you need to encrypt certain files, you can do it yourself. -Ken
