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Date:      Sat, 16 Mar 2002 10:43:55 -0500
From:      "Doug Reynolds" <mav@wastegate.net>
To:        "questions@freebsd.org" <questions@freebsd.org>, "warrior@mailbox.riga.lv" <warrior@mailbox.riga.lv>
Subject:   Re: root password
Message-ID:  <20020316154147.B6D0748452@wastegate.net>
In-Reply-To: <200203160222.g2G2MYk30470@smtp.delfi.lv>

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On Sat, 16 Mar 2002 02:22:34 GMT, warrior@mailbox.riga.lv wrote:

>Is the any way to secure FreeBSD if an intruder HAS the access to *Reset* button
> and theres no passwords on booting/etc? (Let's consider this option)
>so, the following combination wouldn't work:
>
>*reset*
>boot -s
>mount -u /
>mount -a
>passwd root
>exit

a couple of people posted on howto disable that, and you can also
disable the keyboard and have it send loader info to the serial port0
---
doug reynolds | the maverick | mav@wastegate.net

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