From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jul 15 10:23:58 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA18366 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 15 Jul 1998 10:23:58 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mailhost.inka.co.uk (mailhost.inka.co.uk [194.88.65.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA18361 for ; Wed, 15 Jul 1998 10:23:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jonathan.ruxton@satin.net) Received: from shadow.business.net.uk (shadow.business.net.uk [194.88.65.6]) by mailhost.inka.co.uk (8.8.8/0.0.0) with SMTP id SAA27443 for ; Wed, 15 Jul 1998 18:26:04 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from jonathan.ruxton@satin.net) Message-ID: <35ACE569.284797A9@satin.net> Date: Wed, 15 Jul 1998 18:22:49 +0100 From: Jonathan Ruxton Organization: SatinNet X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01Gold (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.1.6-RELEASE i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: boot -s Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hello - I was wondering if there is an easy way to disable the -s (single user mode) option at boot time for security reasons, to prevent someone from changing the root password as specified in section 8.20 ( Eek! I forgot the root password) of the FAQ? Thanx in advance jonathan ruxton To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message