Re: [LI] Linux Single -- A Solution.

[Nadeem Khan <nadeem@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have a very arbit idea :-

in inittab halt pc when init 1;or call init 6(reboot) in init 1;

nadeem

vineet wrote:
> 
> Hi Nadeem,
>         It was a good idea though, but this would create problems whenever
> the system is rebooted.(like when you have frequent power failures).
>   Can't we disable a particular runlevel somehow ?
> 
> Reply to this gurus.
> 
>   Vineet Punetha                                       __o
>   B.E. III yr ECE                                     -\<,
>   Kumaon Engg College                            ... (_)(_)
>   India
> 
> On Thu, 25 Nov 1999, Nadeem Khan wrote:
> 
> > Write follwing line before image=/boot/...
> > password='mypassword'
> > Now u have to give this passwd for linux single.
> > nadeem
> >
> >
> > RAVIKANT K RAO wrote:
> > >
> > > On Wed, 24 Nov 1999, Ajay Dudani wrote:
> > >
> > > > Can someone explain why this 'linux single' facility (rather security
> > > > breach) has been given.
> > >
> > > I don't really know why its given , except that I *do* know that its
> > > useful when you forget your root pw and need to retrieve it. Moreover ,
> > > there are times when your hdd can get corrupted and going to linux single
> > > helps.
> > >
> > > > I mean, if I have physical access to a system, I can have complete
> > > > control of the system !!!
> > >
> > > This was already discussed earlier - check archives...
> > > In Short , if you *do* have physical access to a box , nothing prevents
> > > you from throwing the monitor/CPU out of the balcony of a 7th floor house
> > > or using a hammer to bust the box. Therefore , moral of the story , you
> > > _cannot_ protect a box from physical damage.
> > >
> > > = Ravi.
> > >
> > > > Is there any way to turn this off.
> > >
> > > And nope , I don't know 'bout this option.
> > >
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