On Sat, Mar 08, 2003 at 05:57:24PM -0800, Carla Schroder wrote: > > I just tried that from GRUB [selected the menu item hit 'e' to edit on > > the kernel line appened init=/bin/sh then 'b' to boot] hey-presto no > > flippin password needed! and there was me thinking my laptop was almost > > secure!! > > > > how can i prevent this from working? > > [apart from bios password] > > > > hugh > > Password-protect GRUB. See > http://www.gnu.org/manual/grub-0.90/html_mono/grub.html# Thankyou! i should have looked there..
> Here's the full recipe, there are some tricky bits: <snip> shadowmagik </snip> > Now when you log in as root, it will not ask for a password. excuse my rudeness but isnt that a Bad Thing? what about ssh? does that leave the box totaly open? I will add password prot to grub but im not removig password from root acount! thanks hugh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
