Re: Preventing parameters to lilo

[Gergely Madarasz <gorgo@sztaki.hu>]

On Fri, 12 Nov 1999, Mario Jorge Nunes Filipe wrote:

> We have a few labs here whith dual-boot. Windows is protected with
> Fortress. Some students with a bit more of knowledge enter linux with
> the init parameter passed to lilo and then remove fortress from windows
> so they can install anything they want.
> 
> Is there a way to prevent lilo from getting parameters ?

You need the following two lilo.conf options:

password=<something>
restricted

In this case if someone enters additional parameters to lilo, it will ask
for the password. Make sure you have lilo.conf mode 0600

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