++ 07/08/01 00:34 -0700 - Steve VanDevender:
> John Polyakov writes:
> > Hmmm, if you have PHYSICAL access to the machine, you can simply reboot and type
> > "linux init=/bin/sh" and after it simply cat /etc/shadow and run John The Ripper....
> > Am i wrong?
>
> You can password-protect LILO to prevent others from giving it their own
> boot options. Similarly you can password-protect single-user mode so
> either a deliberate shutdown-and-reboot to single-user mode, or an
> attempt to induce the machine to go into single-user mode, will prevent
> others from getting at the single-user root shell.
Hmm. Physical access. Hammer. Take drive.
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