David Christensen wrote:
On 11/10/2013 10:54 AM, Richard Owlett wrote:I'm the only physical user. The laptop in question is dedicated to my learning experiments. It physically does not even have network access of any kind.Ouch. I assume you mean "no Ethernet interface". Note that it is possible to network over other connections (serial, parallel, Firewire, etc.).
No "ouch" at all. It is by design. The only external items connected are a mouse and an occasional USB drive for intentional file transfers. My normal install also skips the network install step. Some in this group have accused me of not being security conscious.I just take a more brute force approach on the machine in question.