And if you open the case and take the hard drives home and mount them on your system.... Granted - some would like more security in that vien...but generally, without physical security, all other security is useless..... Ruben On Mon, 26 Feb 2001 14:49:57 Sascha Kloss wrote:
Hello
I recently bought 7.1 pro and forgot my root password. It was terrible. Anyway, after a bit thinkin' I took out the CD 2 and started the 'rescue system'. With that I had FULL ACCESS on MY HDDs!! Even /etc/pwd... . I created a new user with no password and root privileges. With that I edited the root pwd and ...
ping-- There is my new root pwd.
Isn't this a security hole. Let's say Microsoft's WEB-Server's runnin' Linux and I would have 10 Minutes physical access and my CD 2 with me. Then I could change the ROOT pwd.
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