On Jan 2, 2014, at 9:32 AM, Steve Searle <st...@stevesearle.com> wrote:
> Around 12:43am on Tuesday, December 31, 2013 (UK time), Patrick O'Callaghan > wrote: > >> Conclusion: better look for some other way to cover your tracks, and note >> that a forensic investigation can be carried out without having you log in >> at all. > > Just to emphasise what Patrick says, if you boot Linux into singe user > mode, you can get root access without needing a password, which would > bypass any setup you had done this way. Not on Fedora 20 at least, and I think since even Fedora 19, if you use "single" boot param you startup to rescue.target. It asks for a root password or to press Control-D to continue. If I control-D to continue, startup proceeds to default.target. That's typically multi-user.target (runlevel 3), or graphical.target (runlevel 5). I could boot from alternate media, and presumably mount and chroot this installation, and compel a change to the root password. But apparently not from the installation itself. Chris Murphy -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
