other people on this list have said what I felt like saying, so there's
only one thing left... if you're -absolutely- sure that you don't want
this maintenance feature up you can go and change /etc/inittab
accordingly (as it is done by default on a Debian system).
cheers,
Gina
On Fri, 11 May 2001 22:24:40 EDT, "Linda MacPhee-Cobb" writes:
>Hi All,
>
>I have been painstakingly going through the lilo documentation. I have not
>found in the documentation, on my computer or at sunsite, a single reference
>to this back door into my computer. It is not even documented in the source
>code.
>
>The fact we have a back door that allows root access that is undocumented is
>something I would expect from M$ not linux.
>
>Why isn't this documented in an easy to find location? That is very
>troubling. Especially since linux users scream bloody murder when back
>doors are found in Windows.
>
>If I wanted a computer OS that didn't need a password I would use Windows
>95. One of the reasons for choosing linux was the security. Right now
>Win2000 looks like a better option. The only way to boot this machine is
>from the hard drive. I am not so stupid as to forget root password, nor am
>I pleased that the people writing this system appear to have set it up for
>fools.
>
>If there is one undocumented back door there are many.
>
>Who are these back doors built in for? Clearly not the users or there would
>be documentation.
--
The correct plural of virus is "vi". Throw enough of the little buggers
together and they neutralize each other and you get a usable text editor.
Anthony de Boer - ASR
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