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From: hart@apanix.apana.org.au (Leigh Hart)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: Security question
Date: 8 Dec 1993 10:59:34 +1030
Organization: APANIX Public Access Unix, Australia, +61-8-373-5485 (3 lines)
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hmctague@wpi.edu (Henry R McTague) writes:
> How do you assure the security of PC running FreeBSD, and being used
> as an X windows workstation? During the boot process, I can escape into
> single user mode as root. Now I can remount the file system as r/w and
> change the root password. For that matter, I can do almost anything I want.
> Essentially I am asking, how can you assure security when anyone has access
> to the console?
Put a bootup password in the BIOS if it is supported, otherwise you
might be able to edit the /etc/rc script to remove the "feature" of
single unser mode - althugh this is a nice feature if you stuff
something up in the configuration :)
>== hmctague@wpi.edu ==
>== Henry R McTague ==
Leigh
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