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Date:      Fri, 4 May 2001 16:31:16 +0100
From:      Rasputin <rara.rasputin@virgin.net>
To:        Vivek Khera <khera@kcilink.com>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Disabling The Root Account
Message-ID:  <20010504163116.B6570@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
In-Reply-To: <x7vgnhf8xn.fsf@yertle.kciLink.com>; from khera@kcilink.com on Fri, May 04, 2001 at 11:08:52AM -0400
References:  <71E79DA61328D311B4D10020AFF78E4218DBEE@bdc.orlando.tradeweb.net> <200105021500.f42F0cg28602@sdf.lonestar.org> <20010502160700.A13895@cartman.techsupport.co.uk> <x7vgnhf8xn.fsf@yertle.kciLink.com>

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* Vivek Khera <khera@kcilink.com> [010504 16:10]:
> The following message is a courtesy copy of an article
> that has been posted to ml.freebsd.questions as well.
> 
> >>>>> "c" == ceri  <ceri@techsupport.co.uk> writes:
> 
> c> On Wed, May 02, 2001 at 03:00:37PM +0000, Corey Brune said:
> >> What would you do if you need single user mode?
> 
> c> Single user mode always uses /bin/sh , n'est pas ?
>  
> You can configure it to require the root password, for security ;-)

Yeah, but surely if you do that, *then* forget the root password,
you deserve all you get!

-- 
Fourth Law of Thermodynamics:  If the probability of success is not
almost one, it is damn near zero.
		-- David Ellis
Rasputin :: Jack of All Trades - Master of Nuns ::

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