On Nov 4, 2007 6:35 PM, Oystein Viggen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > * ["Nicolas Deschildre"] > > > My point was not about the parameter itself. My point was about the > > ability to edit the kernel parameters while booting. > > IIRC lilo won't allow you that. > > http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/html_node/Security.html
Thanks for the pointer. But then, why not use this password feature by default to avoid anyone to edit boot parameter and become root? > > Lilo has a similar password feature, but no distribution I've used had > lilo passwords enabled by default. For rationale, it's just obnoxious > when you finally need to boot to single user, and you get asked for a > password that you haven't used since you installed the box. > > Øystein > -- > This message was generated by a flock of happy penguins. > > > -- > Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list > Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss > -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
