Re: [LI] Information on security desired...

[Mukund Deshmukh <betacomp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sundar Narayanan wrote:

> There is a small escape route to this.
> If you have multiple operating systems on your
> machine ... Say for instance Win95 & Linux
> Say, you also have LILO..
>
> At the LILO prompt, type "Linux single".
> The system goes into single user mode without
> a password. There is no need to use a floppy
> in this case
>
> Hence it would be advisable if u keep a small
> dos partition with DOS on it aside, so that
> you can force LILO to come into play, which is
> useful in such situations.
>
> Please correct me if I'm wrong.
>
> Regards,

What dos has to do with lilo ?
You need dos only if you wish to use loadlin to start linux.
And yes you can add root user by starting linux in single user mode.

Best Regards,
-mukund
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