On Mon, 11 Nov 1996, Rabid Wombat wrote:
Um, not to disagree with you re Intel/Micro$loth, but most UNIX systems can be brought up in single-user mode and the root password changed by anyone with physical access to the system. You could end up with even more trouble than if someone messed with your M$ box.
This is far over-simplified. Most BSD derived Unices provide the _option_ for single-user mode not to be password protected (depending on whether the console is marked secure in /etc/ttys). A few default to this behavior, but on all it is either a configuration choice or a password is always required (as it is in USG'ish unices). -- Jim Wise System Administrator GSAPP, Columbia University jim@santafe.arch.columbia.edu http://www.arch.columbia.edu/~jim * Finger for PGP public key *