Re: LILO security problem

> Dear All, > I found a little big problem in using LILO as boot-loader. > When I turn on my pc, if (at LILO prompt) I write > > single > > (where is one of the labels defined in my lilo.conf) a minimal > kernel is loaded, the system starts without asking password and I am able > to change t

Re: Newbie things/maybe off topic/then might be the way we think

Absolutely 100% agreed - without newbies we'll all go the same way as the dinosaurs Let's all do everything we can and show a little patience - we were all newbies once... James. James Feldman | Technical Director | Streamcom Level 3/2A Cambridge Street Box Hill, VIC 3128 Australia Tel +6

Re: /sbin in root's $PATH?

Allright, I'd like to start off by saying you were very right that the most proper way to su is to 'su -', and that I wasn't doing that. The first machine that I had root access on was configured to use ENV_SUPATH and override the user's $PATH when su'ing, even without the -. I'd even seen the not

Newbie things/maybe off topic/then might be the way we think

As a member and officer of our local user group, which supports three platforms: Linux Win et all Macintosh I find the new folks asking the same same same questions. However, it is the same for all groups and support lists. Newbies are the life blood of any OS. If we do not get more newbies, th

Re: LILO security problem

*** REPLY SEPARATOR *** On 10/06/00 at 15:31 marco presi wrote: >Dear All, >I found a little big problem in using LILO as boot-loader. >When I turn on my pc, if (at LILO prompt) I write > > single > >(where is one of the labels defined in my lilo.conf) a minimal >kernel is

Re: About mailers, root and ILOVEYOU-like viruses

On Sat, 10 Jun 2000, JF Martinez wrote: > > > > [ speaking for myself here, not my employer and so on ... ] > > > > On Fri, 9 Jun 2000, JF Martinez wrote: > > > > > > I disagree about no "MTA worth his salt," and sendmail certainly DOES > > > > deliver mail to root. > > > > > > > > You can a

Re: About mailers, root and ILOVEYOU-like viruses

On Sat, Jun 10, 2000 at 01:20:06AM +0200, JF Martinez wrote: > This applies if upgrading individually. If I upgrade my entire > distribution the warning will be lost somewhere in the install.log. > Yes _I_ check but can you ensure all RedHat's customers check? I can't. The problem is that you

Re: About mailers, root and ILOVEYOU-like viruses

Chris Garrigues wrote: > The prevalence of your attitude is part of why the Internet is as unsecure (I > don't care what my spell checker says, people are "insecure", networks are > "unsecure") as it is today. Sorry you feel that way; personally, I believe that my attitude is why you have Linu

Re: LILO security problem

On Sat, 10 Jun 2000, marco presi wrote: > of my computer. I would like to know if there is a way to disable this > option or to change the string " single" so I'm the only one to > knows it. man lilo.conf The two parameters you're interested in are 'password' and 'restricted' Restricted makes

updated kernel rpms?

A serious security bug in kernels < 2.2.16 was reported two days ago. When will updated rpms be available? Bob T. -- To unsubscribe: mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null

LILO security problem

Dear All, I found a little big problem in using LILO as boot-loader. When I turn on my pc, if (at LILO prompt) I write single (where is one of the labels defined in my lilo.conf) a minimal kernel is loaded, the system starts without asking password and I am able to change the Root password w