On Sat, Oct 10, 1998 at 11:26:30AM +0200, Norbert Nemec wrote: > On Sat, 10 Oct 1998 10:42:52 +0100, Ralf G. R. Bergs wrote: > > >On Sat, 10 Oct 1998 00:52:49 -0700 (PDT), George Bonser wrote: > > > >[...] > >>ALlow me to translate. Boot the rescue disk as if you are installing, > >[whole story deleted] > > > >Hey guys, why so complicated??? > > > >What's wrong with giving LILO a kernel command line of "init=/bin/sh"? This > >way > >you boot straight into sh, and you can then change the root password. > > > >This is how I usually do it under Slackware, and even tho Debian uses shadow > >passwords it should work the same way. > > > Ouch, I tried it, it really works!!!! That means on a standard > Linux-machine, everybody could just switch off the power, give the > LILO-kernel option on reboot and be root??!! Why not simply drop the > need of a login password?
If you want a secure machine, put the hardware in a metal case, and give nobody access to it. Especially, remove all connections, including the power cord! Serious, Marcus -- "Rhubarb is no Egyptian god." Debian GNU/Linux finger brinkmd@ Marcus Brinkmann http://www.debian.org master.debian.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] for public PGP Key http://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Marcus.Brinkmann/ PGP Key ID 36E7CD09
