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 :: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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