it's just a default you can tighten it up if you would like,
man 5 lilo.conf /passwd=
On Mon, 5 Jul 1999, James Capone wrote:
> It is secure, If you keep it that way and do not mess with things you do not
> know about. Don't change things if you do not know what it can do to your
> system..
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Jo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Monday, July 05, 1999 07:15 James
> Subject: [newbie] Lack of security when booting in Linux single
>
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > Recently my system failed to boot (I had added something to rc.local, that
> didn't belong there). On irc I was told that I could still boot if I gave
> linux single at the LILO boot. This worked, but to my surprise I never had
> to enter a login or a password. Even then, I was allowed to change rc.local
> back to what it was.
> >
> > Is this normal? I thought Linux was supposed to be so secure.
> >
> > Jo
> >
>
