Re: [LI] Linux password security

["Soumyanath Chatterjee" <soumya_chatt@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sharad Joshi <sharadj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote

> 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?
>
Nope! I can disable floppy drive in my CMOS setup.

The actual problem is - as root U have access complete machine, including
internet access password etc. How do I stop somebody from gaining access to
it.
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