RE: [LI] Linux Single

[SuriBabu <suribabu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

hai,

Protect the LILO itself with a password.
At the starting of /etc/lilo.conf add a line like

PASSWORD=suri

Next time when it boots it will ask you for the password(suri) at LILO
itself.

cheers.

suri

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> Hi,
>    How do I disable linux single at lilo boot prompt. I want to disable it
> since people,in my absence,tend to break-in that way.
>  I tried disabling the following line in /etc/inittab file by putting a
> hash # .
> 
> #l1:1:wait:/etc/rc.d/rc 1
> This helped to some extent as "linux 1" was disabled 
> but not "linux single"
> 
> Any help will be appreciated
> eagerly waiting.
> 
> 
>   Vineet Punetha                                       __o
>   B.E. III yr ECE                                     -\<,
>   Kumaon Engg College                            ... (_)(_)
>   India
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