Why does Linux Allow
Mario Zuppini
mario at mariosloveshack.com
Mon Dec 22 00:54:32 UTC 2003
To quote what a few people on this subject have said over the years.
"If you don't have physical security you ain't got jack"
People dont spend big $ on secured coloc's with guards, etc for no
reason :P
On Sun, 2003-12-21 at 07:54, Michael Schwendt wrote:
> On Sat, 20 Dec 2003 16:34:52 -0500, jim tate wrote:
>
> > Why is it that Linux allows you to go into Linux Rescue mode
> > /mnt/sysimage and delete Root password?
>
> Because anyone with physical access to the machine could disable the root
> password via other ways.
>
> You can disable booting from CD-ROM/floppy, protect your BIOS menu and
> your bootloader with a password, though, to make it a bit more difficult.
>
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