-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 13-Jun-2002/19:20 -0400, Jon Gaudette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Here's the thing though. I am planning a HUGE migration from Microsoft >to Linux in a K-12 school system. This includes servers AND >workstations. Now, trust me, I'm not fan of Microsoft, I downright >despise them. However, would any kid in the network get his hand on a >workstation and be able to start changing the root password? What type >of security other than with the bootloader is there? Is there a way to >turn off Single User Mode? If so, what are the implications of doing >this?
Please configure your email client to send either plain text or HTML + text so that those of use using text-only mailers can read your messages easily. A bootloader password should suffice as long as the kids don't have access to a Linux boot disk and enough expertise to manually mount the hard disks. If a BIOS password is available on the machine, use that too. And configure the BIOS to boot from the hard disk, not the floppy. That way you have to open the machine to get around the password restrictions. I don't know of any way to turn off single user mode, but changing the BIOS settings, passwording the BIOS, and using the GRUB password should keep them out as long as they don't open the box. Tony - -- Anthony E. Greene <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> OpenPGP Key: 0x6C94239D/7B3D BD7D 7D91 1B44 BA26 C484 A42A 60DD 6C94 239D AOL/Yahoo Chat: TonyG05 HomePage: <http://www.pobox.com/~agreene/> Linux: the choice of a GNU Generation. <http://www.linux.org/> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Anthony E. Greene 0x6C94239D <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> iD8DBQE9Cl8gpCpg3WyUI50RAoYSAJ9MWngSCiTXj4GGOzjZmb7xyObW9gCg4PCn o2pDv+YxMmvVvNwnYOICeUg= =3ZF0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
