Question

[Net Llama!]

On Sat, 10 May 2003, Ken Moffat wrote:
> Shawn Tayler wrote:
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> >I believe that you can add a "1" (number one) to the end of the kernel line in grub, edit the line from the grub prompt at boot time.  In run level 1 you can be root without the pa$$word.  Then you can pa$$wd it.
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> Isn't this stuff a security risk? Seems pretty easy to get in to a linux
> system as root.

If someone has physical access to your box, getting your root password is
the least of your concerns.  Note that you can password protect LILO if
you[re paranoid enough not to trust those who have access to your box.

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