RE: [LI] Linux password security

[Benny Mathew <Benny@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Does this mean that if a person has physical access to a linux
machine... then there is no security???
How can one prevent somebody from booting the system in single user mode
and tampering the files... especially the /etc/passwd file????
Is there any way by which you can make the system to display the Login
screen in single user mode???

Thanx in advance

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Sharad Joshi [SMTP:sharadj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent:	Thursday, October 21, 1999 9:45 AM
> To:	Soumyanath Chatterjee
> Cc:	linux-india@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject:	Re: [LI] Linux password security
> 
> On Thu, 21 Oct 1999, Soumyanath Chatterjee wrote:
> 
> + I understand anyone can log-in into a linux machine by giving *linux
> single*
> + at lilo prompt. In that case user is allowed to login as root in
> single user
> + mode.
> + 
> + Is it possible to disable the boot time single user mode log-in.
>                     ^^^^^^^
> Can't say, but password protection can be enabled for booting in this
> mode. See man lilo.conf for this under the description for
> 'restricted'
> and 'password'.
> 
> But the point is, if anyone has physical access to the machine, what
> stops
> him/her from booting it with a boot floppy and then cribbing?
> 
> Sharad.
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