gentlemen,
i am booting using a floppy. can any one tell me if i
should use any special commands to update the lilo
settings to the floppy so that i can use the
restricted keyword and other stuff every one
suggested.
thanks
ashok
--- "SHRIDHAR N. DAITHANKAR"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hi
>
>
> On Mon, 27 Mar 2000, Dogpile ping wrote:
>
> >
> > 1. at lilo prompt if i type linux single the
> system
> > boots to $ and there is no login password checking
> the
> > user is root. if i change the password the roots
> > password changes. how do i disable this
>
> 'man lilo' is your friend. Look for 'restricted' and
> 'password option.
>
> > 2. i start up linux system to stsrt X windows
> system
> > by default at this time i noticed that if without
> > logging the system if i select shutdown from menu
> the
> > system shuts down even if i login as root at a
> > different console. in short i want only root to
> start
> > and shutdown the system also i want to know how i
> > prevent the system from shutting down if no user
> has
> > logged in . if after booting i chose the shutdown
> menu
> > from the login screen in x windows
>
> I think to allow only root to shut down, you have
> to fiddle with booting
> scripts. On RHL6.1, 'halt' asaks for user password
> but ctrl+alt+delete
> works for anybody. I think you can disable this.
> Read docs(I don't have
> access to them now ;-))
>
> HTH
>
> Bye
> Shridhar
>
>
>
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