"Sandip" == Sandip P Deshmukh writes:
Sandip> http://uranus.it.swin.edu.au/~jn/linux/
Sandip> i have tried the program. basic procedure is boot the
Sandip> machine in windows and run e2fs. you can browse entire
Sandip> linux partition. who cares about file permissions!
S
On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 12:44:01PM +0530, Sandip P Deshmukh wrote:
> hello all
>
> i do not know if this is a security issue. but this is surprising.
>
> there is a win9x application - e2fs that can explore linux partitions on
> dual boot machines.
>
> here is the homepage
>
> http://uranus.it.
On Wed, 20 Nov 2002, Sandip P Deshmukh wrote:
SPD>i do not know if this is a security issue. but this is surprising.
It isn't: with physical access to your machine, anyone could boot of a
cd/floppy, mount your root partition, zero out your root password and be
your master from then on ;-)
SPD>
Sandip P Deshmukh said:
> hello all
>
> i do not know if this is a security issue. but this is surprising.
if you have console access to the machine, security is no longer
a consideration really. it is easy to boot a cd or a floppy or
even reconfigure lilo(maybe grub too, havent tried) to boot to
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