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Request for lh_config switch to set default password



How do I install the live-initramfs mod in to the live image?

On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 11:06 AM, Jordi Pujol <jordipujolp at gmail.com> wrote:
> El Wednesday 20 February 2008 14:52:09 Michael Creel va escriure:
>
>
> > Hello all,
>  > This has been discussed on IRC a little, but I wanted to summarize why I
>  > think that a means of letting the user set the password at the time the
>  > bootable image is created (or booted) would be good. Right now, the default
>  > password is "live", and sudo is enabled. This might pose a security risk.
>  > Suppose that
>  > * people know that Debian Live is being used on a system
>  > * the password has been left at the default
>  > * the system ordinarily gets its IP by dhcp
>  > * this IP is known to people
>  > * the DL user activates ssh
>  > If this is the case, then I believe that an outsider could log in and then
>  > have access to sudo, without the DL user being aware of what is going on.
>  >
>  > There was a "Headless Knoppix"
>  > (http://www.knoppix.net/wiki/Headless_Knoppix) that might be useful as a
>  > reference. In my opinion, a solution that allows the password to be
>  > specified using a switch to lh_config would be ideal.
>
>  Hello all,
>
>  let's go to action,
>
>  that idea is already done in my live-initramfs mod,
>
>  http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/debian-live-devel/2008-January/003044.html
>
>  where in the live.conf file we can specify the username, userfullname, user
>  uid, user password, and , using the instruccions from the following post,
>  also the user groups
>
>  http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/debian-live-devel/2008-February/003101.html
>
>  Use my live-initramfs mod to solve this problem,
>
>  Best Regards,
>
>  Jordi
>
>  >
>  >
>  > Michael
>
>
>
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