> Can anyone give me some pointers on securing Run Level 1, such that the
> root password is required before access is granted? I am currently
> configuring a couple of undergraduate computing labs with machines dual
> booting Win2k and RH7.0. At present it is a trivial matter for a user to
> catch the boot process at the LILO prompt and force the machine into
> single user mode... no password required.
you can password protect LILO, so that no options can be passed at the
prompt without supplying the password...
you will also want to password protect the bios to prevent people from
booting off floppies etc. and bypassing your security
have a look at http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Security-HOWTO-3.html#ss3.2
later
marty
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