[99576] in RedHat Linux List
Re: Forget root password, help.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Don Knott)
Sun Nov 15 19:24:48 1998
Date: Sun, 15 Nov 1998 19:24:27 -0500 (EST)
From: Don Knott <dknott@treco.net>
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On Sun, 15 Nov 1998, Edward Ing wrote:
> Linux thus seems quite insecure.
> If someone has physical access to your machine, they could go in and change
> your root password on you. You of course could change it backe when you
> noticed something went wrong, but within that time he could have done
> something horrible.
So where do you keep your servers.... It sounds like you don't control
access to them... I need some parts... but don't worry, I promise not to
change the root password :)
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