I'm sorry for not being as clear as I could have been about this. I wrote a more
extensive message a few minutes ago,
Jo
Axalon wrote:
> Ah, i know what your missing. The modification to rc.local wasn't the
> cause, just the reason it was noticed. The cause was "linux single"
>
> On Mon, 5 Jul 1999, James J. Capone wrote:
>
> > I can understand that part. I am baffled at what he changed in the rc.local..
> >
> > The only other thing I could think of would be to change the /etc/inittab file
> > to run login shells instead of login managers. There is nothing I can think of
> > to run in rc.local that can bypass the login security.
> >
> > You can run an expect script to address one of the login managers and log in
> > automatically, but that's not a simple change. You could start up an X session
> > as a user, I suppose, but the original poster never mentioned what the change
> > to the file was or how he did it.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > James J. Capone
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jose Alberto Abreu [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Monday, July 05, 1999 9:32 PM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: [newbie] Lack of security when booting in Linux single
> >
> >
> > I think he meant that theres a security hole since he wasnt asked for a
> > login&passwd....
> >
> >
> >
