Thanks to everyone for the comments. Let me say, lest I'm taken to be even more clueless than I am, that I am aware that live CDs and alternative users are no real protection. They will probably work as a signal that I'd prefer my data not to be browsed, though, and that's enough for me, I think. M On 09/21/12 at 12:26am, Calvin Morrison wrote: > I just had my x220 repaired at a small place. I told them I used linux > exclusively and that I didn't want to give out my password. They understood > and everything went ok. > > Typically they just want your password to verify that everything works and > maybe to run a quick system cleanup which is very common. In my case I was > having part of the screen fixed and obviously did not need it. > > this is a good time to keep a small windows installation handy but empty > and just sent the grub default 2 windows when you are going to the shop > On Sep 20, 2012 9:55 PM, "Manolo Martínez" <manolo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > On 09/20/12 at 10:46pm, Martín Cigorraga wrote: > > > On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 9:51 PM, Ralf Mardorf < > > ralf.mardorf@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote: > > > > > > > On Thu, 2012-09-20 at 20:38 -0400, Manolo Martínez wrote: > > > > Do you create a new user for them, you > > > > > give them your user and password and hope for the best, ask them to > > use > > > > > a live CD? What? > > > > > > > > > > > WHAT? You can't be so naive dude, I would promptly give my life than my > > > pwd!!! Which reminds me: http://xkcd.com/538/ > > > > Yep, that's why I was asking. I think I'll just create another user for > > them. This will at least protect my files from casual browsing. Although > > Ralf's probably right they don't give a rat's ass. > > > > Manolo > > -- > > --
