On Sat, 2007-04-21 at 17:18 +0300, Linas Žvirblis wrote: > Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: > > > If something happens during boot and you want to boot single, /home > > isn't mounted and only root is allowed to log in. If there is no root > > user, how does this happen? > > This one is a nasty surprise. You will be given a root prompt _without_ > being asked for password. This looks more like a bug, rather than a > feature, to me. Physical security. If they have the console, they have the machine. IMO. *They* can bring in bootable media. Change the root password from there or add another stealth user with UID 0... then you *ARE* screwed. Cheers. -- greg, greg@gregfolkert.net Novell's Directory Services is a competitive product to Microsoft's Active Directory in much the same way that the Saturn V is a competitive product to those dinky little model rockets that kids light off down at the playfield. -- Thane Walkup
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