You have been subscribed to a public bug by Marc Deslauriers (mdeslaur): Binary package hint: ubuntu-desktop
Imho, it would be useful to prompt about "An attacker with physical access can bypass this restriction easily (eg with bootable media or removing the hard drive)" and recommend user to crypt their drive(s) in installer, isn`t it? 11.04 Natty First time when I tried to send this bug I did: ubuntu-bug -> Security related problems -> I am not promped for a password when booting to rescue mode -> ????? By default, the root account is disabled in Ubuntu and use of the "sudo" command is recommended. Since the root account is disabled, it's not possible to prompt for the root password when entering single user mode. For more information, please see: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SecurityTeam/FAQ#Rescue%20Mode On the link: This is related to 'sudo', above. Because in Ubuntu there is no root password, there is nothing to prompt for. In general, not prompting for a password in single user mode does not decrease security because it requires physical access to the machine. An attacker with physical access can bypass this restriction easily (eg with bootable media or removing the hard drive). If you decide to set a root password, you will be prompted for it in rescue mode. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04 Package: bash 4.1-2ubuntu4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.37-7.19-generic 2.6.37-rc3 Uname: Linux 2.6.37-7-generic i686 Architecture: i386 Date: Sun Dec 12 20:15:52 2010 ExecutablePath: /bin/bash InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Alpha i386 (20101202) ProcEnviron: LANG=ru_RU.utf8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: bash ** Affects: ubuntu-meta (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: apport-bug i386 natty -- I am not promped for a password when booting to rescue mode https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/689331 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
