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Date:      Wed, 12 Apr 1995 12:41:14 -0400
From:      Garrett Wollman <wollman@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu>
To:        Mr D Whitehead (Ext 2703) <davew@sees.bangor.ac.uk>
Cc:        freebsd-security@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   FreeBSD Security Problem?
Message-ID:  <9504121641.AA07111@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <9326.9504121533@sol.sees.bangor.ac.uk>
References:  <9326.9504121533@sol.sees.bangor.ac.uk>

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<<On Wed, 12 Apr 1995 16:33:28 +0100 (BST), Mr D Whitehead (Ext 2703) <davew@sees.bangor.ac.uk> said:

> One ancient and major problem seems to exist (unless I have missed
> something or it has already been altered) and that is the reboot to
> single user.  No password, nothing, just a root shell to do with as
> you wish.

>From /etc/ttys:

------------------------------------
# This entry needed for asking password when init goes to single-user mode
# If you want to be asked for password, change "secure" to "insecure" here
console none                            unknown off secure
------------------------------------

-GAWollman

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