On 8/21/07, Mark Post <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> On Tue, Aug 21, 2007 at 4:09 PM, in message > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Bill Dodge > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -snip- > > Ah! SLES 10! The last time I did it was SLES 7. :-) > > Betsie was right, SLES9 as well. Even Slackware does this now. > > It's controlled by what's in /etc/inittab, if anyone is interested in > modifying that. You too can make your system (somewhat) less secure. :) > > > Mark Post > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or > visit > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 >
Hello! Mark is right. That's what happens on this fellow, he's running Slackware 11.0 (Intel) with the usual cluster of security stuff, and some options from other sources. Ideally it should be documented in an easy to understand format someplace. Consider what happened when a fellow member saw his system go through the classic fsck function. If the system discovered a really outrageous problem that itself could not repair it would drop into single user mode and invite that user to enter the root password and follow the listed there steps to repair the damage if possible. Incidentally Mark the advice both you and David B provided concerning those problems were spot-on and exactly what I would have done if I saw it first, and more importantly, knew what to post and how to post it. -- Gregg C Levine [EMAIL PROTECTED] "This signature was once found posting rude messages in English in the Moscow subway." ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
