Re: Password to single user boot.
Thanks!!!
I should have RTFM, but I thought I remembered all lilo had to offer...
Thanks again,
Liran.
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On Wed, 5 Aug 1998, Ossama Othman wrote:
> Why don't you just restrict booting by using LILO's "password=" and
> "restricted" in /etc/lilo.conf? Here is what the man page for "lilo.conf"
> says:
>
> password=password
> Protect the image by a password.
>
> restricted
> A password is only required to boot the image if
> parameters are specified on the command line (e.g.
> single).
>
> To prevent modification via a rescue boot floppy you can probably disable
> booting via floppy in the BIOS and then password protect the BIOS using
> the BIOS's own security features.
>
> -Ossama
>
> On Wed, 5 Aug 1998, Liran Zvibel wrote:
>
> > Hi.
> >
> > We consider putting Linuxes (or should it be Linuces? )in the classes, but
> > don't want the students to be able to boot single user and then rm -r *,
> > or open accounts and try to get into the network.
> >
> > Is there an easy was to put a password on single user boot?
> >
> > If not, I have and idea how to prevent it:
> > 1. Repartition that way that there is another primary partition of about 1
> > MB in size.
> > 2. dd the kernel to that partition (after it was 'rdev'ed to the real root
> > partition.
> > 3. Make this partition the only one bootable.
> > 4. Disable the possibility to boot from the floppy drive in the (password
> > protected) bios. (And the computers are locked so they (the students)
> > can't clear the bios settings with the jumpers)
> >
> > I think that in this was the students won't be able to boot single user.
> >
> > What do you say?
> > Is there an easier way to do it?
> >
> >
> > TIA,
> > Liran.
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> >
> >
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