Make sure physical security first; I believe, physical access to the hardware makes the system vulnerable. regarding the forgotten root password: boot up the system using a live cd become root on the live environment in a console determine the root file system partition of the installed GNU/linux become root of the installed system change password of the installed linux using the passwd command. you are done!
On 17 June 2010 16:01, Mohamed Naufal <[email protected]> wrote: > On 17 June 2010 21:21, Ershad K <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 06/17/2010 02:53 PM, Anoop Jacob Thomas wrote: > >> Anyway. -> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=7353 > > > > Thank you. I guess this would 'lock' the menu entry. What I would like > > to have is, users must be able to boot normal, but for editing the boot > > parameters (like adding 'single'), the grub should ask for password. > > > > http://sidvind.com/wiki/GRUB:_Password_protection > > Remember, Google is your friend :) > > Anyway, protecting grub alone won't be of much use if your system can > be accessed using a live disc. So the best option would be to set a > BIOS boot password. But of course, that isn't completely fool proof > either. > > Cheers > Naufal > > -- > "Freedom is the only law". > "Freedom Unplugged" > http://www.ilug-tvm.org > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "ilug-tvm" group. > To control your subscription visit > http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > > > > For details visit the google group page: > http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en > -- "Freedom is the only law". "Freedom Unplugged" http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ilug-tvm" group. To control your subscription visit http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For details visit the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en
