On Aug 27 01:07 PM, JSD wrote:
> Hi folks,
> 
> I have a big root access problem. If someone has physical
> access to my OpenBSD box, than he/she can swith into single
> user mode (-s) and can change the password of root. It is a
> big problem for me and I would like to password protect this
> single user mode or to totally disable this function but I
> don't know how.
> Is anyone here who solved this problem? Please help, thanks!
> 

If you remove the 'secure' option for the console from /etc/ttys it will
ask for a password in single user mode. But that won't stop someone from
booting via floppy/cd/net if they have physical access to the device.

Matt

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