-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 2012-08-07 20:30, Greg Freemyer wrote:
On Tue, Aug 7, 2012 at 2:04 PM, Carlos E. R. <> wrote:
But it can be used as a deterrent against normal thieves, they can not sell the hardware as it costs a lot to recover.
Depends if they are stealing hardware or data. hdparm can clear the access control password, but it wipes the data in the process!
I thought it could not be removed unless you knew the password.
So a diligent hardware thief has only a small inconvenience. For a data thief, it certainly is a deterrent.
There is a master password and a user password. Is there a difference if you set the master password? Another doubt I have. If I define a password for the main HD, how do I boot the system? Or do you need a special BIOS that requests the password from the user? - -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 12.1 "Asparagus" GM (bombadillo)) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.18 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAlAhd6gACgkQU92UU+smfQWuhgCeITk/6G5PQ/HFfYM/q7rF3bSV BicAn2/L6aEUXdLxTT0G8YmGtEdDJnGA =MP3J -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org