On Fri, Aug 26, 2005 at 09:23:18AM -0500, Stan Glasoe wrote:
On Friday 26 August 2005 8:54 am, Basil Chupin wrote:
I've nad the need to look at what is available on the 'net about what to do when one forgets what the root password is.
Is it really THAT simple on SuSE to alter the password for the root? Anyone can boot my system and go about altering my root password to be then able to steal all my secrets?
Cheers.
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Simple answer: YES! As both WABonnet and Ben point out.
Disabling BIOS boot to floppy, CD, USB or anything but hard drive and putting password(s) on BIOS and locking it up in a hardened bunker will help...
Because it's SO hard to power cycle the machine and go into BIOS and re enable all that crap you said to do. And BIOS passwprds... Pffft, there is a part you can pull out for a few seconds and pop back in and that password goes by bye. And a hardened bunker? Come on now
Stan
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