If someone has physical access to your computer, it's almost impossible to secure the machine for 100% Maybe encrypted partitions can do the trick (partially), but I 'm not familiar with it.
Steven On Tue, 2003-06-10 at 15:00, Burrows, Scott wrote: > What prevents anybody from doing this to gain access to the system? > > Scott > > -----Original Message----- > From: Troy Davidson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, June 09, 2003 5:04 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [newbie] root password expired. > > > Ze, > > Restart the computer and put it into single user mode. At either LILO or > GRUB, type 'linux 1' at the prompt. > > Then, once the computer has started, go into a terminal and type in 'su'. > You won't need to enter in a password. Type in 'userconf' and change the > root password. > > Reboot the system and you should be all set. > > Troy Davidson > Linux User #311107 > > ** This messages was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer ** > > > Quoting Ze Ji Li <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Hi there, > > > > My root password expired. I can't su and login from the > > terminals. Is there anyway I can reset it? Thank you. > > > > Ze > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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