On Thu, Mar 07, 2002 at 01:43:13PM -0500, Allan M. Stewart said sometin like...
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> I was surprised to learn that I could boot into single user mode and reset a
> forgotten root password. Isn't this a huge security hole? What am I missing?
Requires physical access to the box, and may be secured with a lilo or grub
boot (or BIOS) password.
Also - due to mail headers and threading issues, please try and create a new
message to the list when you are starting a new topic - don't simply hit
reply to an old thread.
Bram
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