From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jul 15 23:31:40 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id XAA22909 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 15 Jul 1998 23:31:40 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from styx.aic.net (Styx.AIC.NET [195.250.64.68]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA22890 for ; Wed, 15 Jul 1998 23:31:25 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ran@styx.aic.net) Received: (from ran@localhost) by styx.aic.net (8.9.0/8.9.0) id LAA02582; Thu, 16 Jul 1998 11:30:46 +0500 ( AMT ) Message-Id: <199807160630.LAA02582@styx.aic.net> Subject: Re: boot -s In-Reply-To: <35ACE569.284797A9@satin.net> from Jonathan Ruxton at "Jul 15, 98 06:22:49 pm" To: jonathan.ruxton@satin.net (Jonathan Ruxton) Date: Thu, 16 Jul 1998 11:30:46 +0500 ( AMT ) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG From: ran@ran.am Reply-To: ran@ran.am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL31H (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 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? > Hi, Find console entry in /etc/ttys. You can change it from secure to insecure and when you will try to enter single-user, init will ask you to enter root's password. But much more important - never permit another come in servers room, because it isn't only way to change root's password and so on ... > Thanx in advance > > jonathan ruxton > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Ran d'Adi ran@ran.am ran@styx.aic.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message