[97989] in RedHat Linux List
Re: Unidentified subject!
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Tomas Buday)
Fri Nov 6 02:35:04 1998
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1998 08:35:17 +0100 (CET)
From: Tomas Buday <tomas@snt.sk>
To: redhat-list@redhat.com
In-Reply-To: <3642A13D.48B3A72@nook.net>
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> Tomas Buday wrote:
> >
> > hi there,
> > do you guys know what to do to make my
> > rh-5.1 require a password before starting
> > the root shell after booting to single mode?
> > tomas
>
> How about protecting your BIOS with a password so it don't
> boot up without it?
...it won't do for me. i don't want to protect the BIOS
nor the lilo with a password....i want to be able to
restart the system from outside.
i know i can remove the prompt and delay lines in /etc/lilo.conf,
but this makes it impossible to boot single when in emergency.
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