>Date: Thu, 19 Mar 1998 12:03:08 -0500
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: linux single
>I can't have it boot straight into Linux because it also runs
>windows95. The problem is that the console is in an open lab and anyone
>could reboot and use linux single to gain root privs and I'm trying to
>remove this giant security hole. Can anyone help? I'd rather not have
>to play with the lilo or the kernel source, but if that's the only way
>to do it I will.
>Thanks,
>Craig
My quick and dirty suggestion (worth $0.02) is to put the kernel on a floppy
(and keep a few copies!). Since Lose95 is too stupid to understand ext2
no-one should be able to fiddle.
Kevin Thorpe
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