Re: Passwordless root shell is offered when boot problem occurs.
Thank You for Your time and answer, Arno:
>> Once mount error occurs while OS booting, I get root shell - w/o even
>> asking for password... How I can change the behavior (to ask for
>> password before granting root shell)?
>>
>
>Do you get a message 'root account locked, starting shell?'
No.
>fsck errors should drop into a sulogin shell, which asks for the
>password. The only way you could get a root shell is if your root
>device cannot be found. In that case, there is no way to ask for a
>password because there is no password file.
Well. There is root device - if You mean / mount point. Otherwise
whence sulogin comes from?
>If you must, there might be a way to get what you want by adding files
>to the initramfs by dropping a file in /etc/initramfs-tools/hooks/ or
Ahh. I have the dir. empty.
>the like. But if you find yourself needing to secure against that, then
>you must also set a bootloader password, lock out alternative boot
>methods, set a BIOS password and put your machine behind lock and key.
>Do you really need that?
At least I want that. Do You know how to do that?
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