Please, I don't understand: Why a LILO or BIOS password? Why one can't edit the single mode script for telling for a password, as in Slackware? (I use slack 3.5) Kostadinov, Vesselin (ETSA) wrote: > > > > >On Wed, 23 Jun 1999, Song Jianping wrote: > >>> Today someone login my linux box by single user mode, and changes > >>> root password. It's very dangerous. Now i have to do the same thing > >>> to change it back. Can I restrict the access to single user mode? > > > >>I've never tried it, but I believe the trick is to place the following two > >>lines in lilo.conf within the applicable image section (please check the > >>lilo > >>documentation to confirm): > > > >> password=whatever > >> restricted > > >Also consider setting a BIOS password > > > >
