On Sun, 27 Aug 2000, Stuart Powell wrote:
On a Linux box, I can walk up to your machine, reboot it, and at the LILO prompt type "linux single". Some of the more lax distributions will not prompt you for a password at all, but simply log you straight on as root with full privileges.
This reminds me of a recent problem. I think I don't knwo how to use linux single. I had a probel and went in this way to fix a file, but I didn't have permission to save it. How do I deal with this? -- Bob Rea Freedom is only privilege extended unless enjoyed by one and all --Billy Bragg rear@sirius.com rrea@askjeeves.com http://www.sirius.com/~rear -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/support/faq