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Date:      Thu, 13 Apr 1995 02:42:54 +0800 (CST)
From:      Brian Tao <taob@gate.sinica.edu.tw>
To:        Mr D Whitehead <davew@sees.bangor.ac.uk>
Cc:        freebsd-security@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD Security Problem?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSI.3.91.950413023944.275D-100000@aries.ibms.sinica.edu.tw>
In-Reply-To: <9326.9504121533@sol.sees.bangor.ac.uk>

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On Wed, 12 Apr 1995, Mr D Whitehead wrote:
> 
> One ancient and major problem seems to exist (unless I have missed
> something or it has already been altered) and that is the reboot to
> single user.  No password, nothing, just a root shell to do with as
> you wish.

    Mark the console as "insecure" in /etc/ttys.  Remove floppy drives
from the machines too.  ;-)
-- 
Brian ("Though this be madness, yet there is method in't") Tao
taob@gate.sinica.edu.tw <-- work ........ play --> taob@io.org




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