Re: LILO config

["Binand Raj S." <binand@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Jun 09, 1999 at 11:43:58AM +0530, sudheer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

>    i too have a few questions regarding lilo.conf. There is an option
> called "password" stating that it's for protecting the images. 
> Will any one please explain it's significance. When i included this
> in my lilo.conf , i observed little change in its functionality.

Everytime you make changes to /etc/lilo.conf, you have to run lilo, typically
as (after su'ing to root)

lilo -C /etc/lilo.conf

If you intend to use passwords, you better chmod your /etc/lilo.conf to 400.

Binand

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