[techtalk] Re: techtalk digest, Vol 1 #445 - 11 msgs

Fri May 11 23:09:48 EST 2001

This won't be in the LILO docs because it is really an init option.  Our
book is an LPIC 1 (Linux Professional Institute Certification Level 1) study
guide for Hungry Minds/IDG.  It should be in stores in June.  For more info
on the cert check out www.lpi.org.

Jason

-----Original Message-----
From: Linda MacPhee-Cobb [mailto:prettyphysicslady at hotmail.com]
Sent: Friday, May 11, 2001 11:01 PM
To: Chick at the-nashes.net
Subject: RE: [techtalk] Re: techtalk digest, Vol 1 #445 - 11 msgs

Hi,

Thank you, I have added a password to lilo.

I am sorry but it is not documented in any of the lilo documentation.  It is

not in a single linux book I have and there are over a dozen on my book 
shelf.  Including the books that come with linux.   All of which I have 
looked through this evening.

So... *grin*... finish the plug and tell us which book you wrote... it is 
clearly better than any I have...

Linda

>From: Angela Nash <Chick at the-nashes.net>
>To: 'Linda MacPhee-Cobb' <prettyphysicslady at hotmail.com>, 
>techtalk at linuxchix.org
>Subject: RE: [techtalk] Re: techtalk digest, Vol 1 #445 - 11 msgs
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>This is extremely well documented.  I know it's in the Linux book we wrote.
>:)  Again, if you want to remove it just edit the inittab.  I'm not sure
>where you looked for this info, but any Linux recovery information will 
>talk
>about the single and emergency runlevel options.  I know other UNIX 
>systems,
>such as Solaris/SunOS, offer similar recovery run levels.  To be fair, this
>wasn't a big deal since most UNIX machines were in locked data centers.
>But, now that people are putting it on their desktops they may want to lock
>it down.
>
>So edit the inittab or put a password on LILO in the /etc/lilo.conf.
>
>Jason
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Linda MacPhee-Cobb [mailto:prettyphysicslady at hotmail.com]
>Sent: Friday, May 11, 2001 10:47 PM
>To: techtalk at linuxchix.org
>Subject: [techtalk] Re: techtalk digest, Vol 1 #445 - 11 msgs
>
>
>
>But again, if it is a 'recovery thing' where is the documentation?  Why
>wasn't it clearly in the manual?
>
>Why bother having passwords if anybody can get around them?  Don't you 
>think
>
>that by putting encrypted passwords on a computer one would be led to
>believe that a password was needed to gain entry?  Especially since linux
>makes such a big deal about how secure it is.
>
>Yes you can pull out the hard drive and stick it in another machine.  You
>can take a crow bar to my back door and get in my house as well.
>
>But if all your neighbors had a pass key to your house when you bought it
>and you were not told about it wouldn't you feel a bit violated?
>
>That is how this is... a hidden way in, and it leads one to wonder what 
>else
>
>is hidden and why.
>
>Linda
>
>
> >From: Angela Nash <Chick at the-nashes.net>
> >To: 'Linda MacPhee-Cobb' <prettyphysicslady at hotmail.com>,
> >techtalk at linuxchix.org
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> >This isn't a LILO thing.  This is an "init" thing.  When you type "linux 
>1"
> >or "linux s" at the LILO prompt it is passing the 1 or s parameter to the
> >kernel, which hands it to the init process.  The init process then finds
> >this runlevel in the /etc/inittab and executes the processes.  This is 
>how
> >the other runlevels operate too.  So if you want to remove it you need to
> >edit the /etc/inittab file.
> >
> >This isn't a backdoor.  It's a recovery procedure.  Almost every UNIX 
>type
> >system has the same thing.  Physical security is every bit as important 
>as
> >passwords and file permissions.  You can either remove this runlevel from
> >the inittab file, or just add a password to the LILO prompt.  But, if I
> >have
> >a bootdisk I can get by both unless you encrypt the filesystem.
> >
> >Jason
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