Date: 27 Nov 2004 15:39:21 -0500 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Breaking password on FreeBSD 5.2.1 box Message-ID: <44llcn2fie.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <20041127131235.7025033b.wmoran@potentialtech.com> References: <1101392541.29769.409.camel@localhost.localdomain> <41A8A94C.8070509@nbritton.org> <20041127131235.7025033b.wmoran@potentialtech.com>
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Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> writes: > Edit /etc/ttys and mark the console "insecure" and try it again. > > You'll find you can't get in without the password when that change has > been made. That configuration is the correct thing to do when you can't > guarantee the physical security of the machine. To be more precise, it covers the case where the machine *is* physically secure, but its console is not. Obviously, if the machine is sufficiently insecure that someone could boot off a floppy, it doesn't matter what /etc/ttys says. Be well.
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