From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 23 09:45:20 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B05CB16A47E for ; Thu, 23 Nov 2006 09:45:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from maanjee@gmail.com) Received: from py-out-1112.google.com (py-out-1112.google.com [64.233.166.182]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0D5B343D6D for ; Thu, 23 Nov 2006 09:44:45 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from maanjee@gmail.com) Received: by py-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id f31so269056pyh for ; Thu, 23 Nov 2006 01:45:19 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=ZTIXQyPu9A0xq3m6s0laH5qyP+rhXb4Bxcw4oarkvXl6yZl9ztQwaiYStiewh48hG3V0EhqiF6GJgxrDn9j8J0hkCVs2yyNmiZNUrm9kHMS0bVonxKj86YgJLsSj/ccuPLgqLw/MIIuA6Q1UmDPe3nuYHA9x6uDDgbHbFEULcOc= Received: by 10.35.43.10 with SMTP id v10mr3008644pyj.1164275119262; Thu, 23 Nov 2006 01:45:19 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.35.32.4 with HTTP; Thu, 23 Nov 2006 01:45:19 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <2cd0a0da0611230145j3b5f42cfg7b9025236a91e7a3@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2006 10:45:19 +0100 From: VeeJay To: "Olivier Nicole" In-Reply-To: <200611230914.kAN9E2GW065034@banyan.cs.ait.ac.th> MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <2cd0a0da0611211941iae07787q3f433fb2c8ab1f22@mail.gmail.com> <20061122163317.GC50939@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> <2cd0a0da0611230056l15bfccaamb3ed3d439e2786b8@mail.gmail.com> <200611230914.kAN9E2GW065034@banyan.cs.ait.ac.th> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: jerrymc@msu.edu, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Password Security X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2006 09:45:20 -0000 On 11/23/06, Olivier Nicole wrote: > > > And how can one into the System by booting from a CD if it still > > requires the Password even in Single User mode? > > Booting from CD, floppy or hard disk is slected at BIOS level. > > Booting in single or multi user mode is at Operating system level. > > Booting is in the following order: > > 1) BIOS select what medium to boot from > > 2) the operating system boot from the selected medium > > So when it comes to the Single user password, itis already at stage 2) > it has passed the stage 1 (booting from hard disk ofr CD) without > password. > > Olivier > So, it means, that I should take the following steps 1. Password on BIOS 2. Change the order of booting i.e. When system is installed and working once, then I just the change the Booting FIRST from HardDisk. 3. Put the password on Single User mode. So, what more? Do you people think that I have got somehow security barrier for unauthorized access? -- Thanks! BR / vj