Michael Meskes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Neil Turton writes: > > There is a loophole if there is a file-system problem on the root > > partition. /etc/init.d/boot will drop you into a root shell if the > > root partition has serious errors on it. Maybe there should be an > > option for securing the console which would stop root shells from > > popping up on the console without the root password being given. > > What version of sysvinit do you use? 2.60-1 has a call of sulogin in > /etc/init.d/boot.
Excellent. I have sysvinit-2.57b-1, since I am following the stable (0.93R6) distribution. I was not aware that this issue had been dealt with. Neil Turton. +--------------------------------------------------+----------------------+ | Neil Turton, Assistant computer officer | Snail Mail to: | | Part III mathematics student | Churchill college, | | http://www.chu.cam.ac.uk/home/ndt1001/home.html | Cambridge. CB3 0DS. | +--------------------------------------------------+----------------------+ | GCM(M) d H s+:- !g p0>+ !au(-) a- w+ v C+++@ UL++++$(+++) P+ L+++ 3- | | E++ N-(+) K- W--- M-- V po Y+ t-- 5 !j R- G? !tv(-) b+ D+ B? e+++ u(*) | | h-- f !r>+++ n+ y? | +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+
