@Jamie: This is wrong. Prompting for user name and password is the only possible way for local security, assuming that * the chassis is protected, * the BIOS is set up correctly and protected by a BIOS password, * GRUB is protected by a GRUB password. In this case:
* you can get direct root access with rescue mode as it is now, regardless whether you know a user name or password * you CAN'T get direct root access if the rescue mode asks for user name + password and you don't have it. Addtionally, you can throw away the whole Ubuntu security system now becaue it offers "root access for noobs" by providing a "log in as root without password" in form of the rescue mode. -- rescue mode doesn't ask for user name (!) and password https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/588080 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
