On Monday 03 June 2002 11:39 am, you wrote:
> And this leads to the simple conclusion that if one has physical access to
> a computer, then security is largely out the window. Any clown could come
> in and bootup with a rescue disk (addressing the linux aspect) and do
> whatever to your drives. If they had the time, they could also bring in a
> set of linux distro disks and reinstall linux their way.
>
> The only way to prevent this is to turn off the booting from CD in bios and
> password protecting bios, but then, with physical access it is trivial to
> kill the bios password (just crack the case and remove the mobo battery for
> a minute - bios settings are back to default and accessible without a
> password).
>
> Thus, I see no harm at all in hearing the means one would use to create a
> UID 0 person, append them to passwd and create an appropriately
> formatted/encrypted shadow password for them in /etc/shadow.
>
> praedor
Hehehehe, I've got mine disabled in BIOS, and my case is hardware locked. Of
course, if someone has access to my system, then they've already gotten into
my home, and I'm sure - would not hesitate to use a hacksaw to cut their way
into my case...but really - why? ;-)
Wait! Its my MPEG of Tommy and Heather Locklear during their honeymoon, I'll
just bet.... ;-))))
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