On Thu, Feb 27, 2003 at 11:03:13PM -0500, Art Ross wrote: > Does anyone know of a way to lock down Linux desktop? I have a friend > who wanted to > know if Linux could be locked down similar to Windows NT & Windows 2K.
I believe it can, but I haven't tried to confirm this. You'll need to disable any interactive logins on the virtual consoles. > Can you force most PC's to only boot off Hard drive or network? I know > Linux is bootable from CD & even floppy. Most common systems can do this. It's a BIOS setting - you'll need to set the boot device path and set a BIOS password to prevent a user from changing this. If the BIOS forces the user to only boot from a hard disk, there's nothing Linux can or can not do about it. Note, however, that if a user has physical access to the PC, they also have access to all the data on it. There's nothing you can do to prevent this, but I'm assuming your users aren't going to actually take the system apart. This is true no matter what OS they run. -- Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Member #1, Red Hat Community Ambassador Program -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
