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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.uwa.edu.au!classic.iinet.com.au!news.uoknor.edu!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!paladin.american.edu!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.mathworks.com!gatech!news.sprintlink.net!helena.MT.net!nate From: nate@trout.sri.MT.net (Nate Williams) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: How do one regain 'root' passwd? Date: 15 May 1995 23:31:36 GMT Organization: SRI Intl. - Montana Operations Lines: 23 Message-ID: <3p8o8o$n20@helena.MT.net> References: <3ojm1n$ago@newsbf02.news.aol.com> <3oukqv$phs@tipellium.apana.org.au> <3p7hjg$5ij@gwdu19.gwdg.de> Reply-To: "Nate Williams" <nate@sneezy.sri.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: trout.sri.mt.net In article <3p7hjg$5ij@gwdu19.gwdg.de>, Stefan Witzel <switzel@gwdu19.gwdg.de> wrote: [ Booting into a single-user shell ] >And how prevent this ? In /etc/ttys, you'll notice that the consoles can be secure or not-secure. By making them not-secure, it will not allow you to enter a single-user shell w/out knowing the root password. However, you also must disable floppy booting as well since someone could place their own Boot floppy in the drive and mount the disk. This must be done in the CMOS. Nate -- nate@sneezy.sri.com | Research Engineer, SRI Intl. - Montana Operations nate@trout.sri.MT.net | work #: (406) 449-7662 | Loving life in God's country, the great state of home #: (406) 443-7063 | Montana.