Re: Forgot root

[Kevin Colby <kevinc grainsystems com>]

Paul Newman pgen com wrote:
> 
> This is a pretty enormous security hole - doesn't it mean any
> linux box can be cracked if the cracker has physical access
> (like in offices and stuff?)

As others have mentioned, if you don't have physical security,
you don't have security.  Even disabling single-user boot and
setting BIOS passworded and set to boot to the HD can be
easily bypassed by anyone with a boot disk and a screwdriver.

	- Kevin Colby
	  kevinc grainsystems com