On Wed, 25 Apr 2001, Silviu Cojocaru wrote:
>>>I'am not an expert as Linux Admin. & my problem is
>>>to prevent to boot in the system Linux 5.2 in "emegency" or "single"
>>>mode during LILO boot prompt without password. Somewhere I read that
>>>the system should be propely configured so that starting in
>>>a signle user mode it must ask a root passwd, but I can't find
>>>where to set this option.
>>>Does anybody can help me?
>
>>>From "man lilo.conf":
>
>> password=password
>> Protect the image by a password.
>
>> restricted
>> A password is only required to boot the image if
>> parameters are specified on the command line (e.g.
>> single).
>
>> Hope this helps.
>
>Wouln't it work if he only commented out the "prompt" entry in
>/etc/lilo.conf
That would stop it from prompting. It doesn't password it
though, which is what he asked for. The password still allows
you to enter options if you need to. Either may might do what
he's looking for though.
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