VeeJay wrote: > On 11/23/06, Olivier Nicole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > And how can one into the System by booting from a CD if it still > > > requires the Password even in Single User mode? > > > > Booting from CD, floppy or hard disk is slected at BIOS level. > > > > Booting in single or multi user mode is at Operating system level. > > > > Booting is in the following order: > > > > 1) BIOS select what medium to boot from > > > > 2) the operating system boot from the selected medium > > > > So when it comes to the Single user password, itis already at stage 2) > > it has passed the stage 1 (booting from hard disk ofr CD) without > > password. > > > > Olivier > > > > So, it means, that I should take the following steps > > 1. Password on BIOS > 2. Change the order of booting i.e. When system is installed and working > once, then I just the change the Booting FIRST from HardDisk. > 3. Put the password on Single User mode. > > So, what more? Do you people think that I have got somehow security barrier > for unauthorized access?
Not much. Default FreeBSD install has two more places where one can influence booting with console access - boot blocks and loader. To disable the access to OK prompt of boot blocks create file /boot.config with '-n'. To disable access to loader put autoboot_delay="-1" and beastie_disable=YES into /boot/loader.conf. You can also instead put password=... into it and the loader will then require password to allow access to it. Michal _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
