Re: Forgot my ROOT PASSWORD...

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From: Chris Eldredge
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 00:00

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If you don't like the fact that any idiot can walk up to your computer
and type "linux single" at the lilo prompt, you should man lilo.conf and
add parameters to make it prompt for a password when options are
specified.  The other important thing to do if you are serious is
disable booting from floppies/cdroms and password protect your bios
setup.  And if you are really nuts, encrypt your important data so
people can't remove your hard drive and get the information off that
way.

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From: Chris Eldredge <eldrec@rpi.edu>
Subject: Re: Forgot my ROOT PASSWORD...
Date: 2000/04/14
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