From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 4 01:37:09 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D83EC16A4CE for ; Fri, 4 Feb 2005 01:37:09 +0000 (GMT) Received: from rproxy.gmail.com (rproxy.gmail.com [64.233.170.200]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5434043D1F for ; Fri, 4 Feb 2005 01:37:09 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gert.cuykens@gmail.com) Received: by rproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id f1so317527rne for ; Thu, 03 Feb 2005 17:37:07 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:references; b=s9Ua/RlSi2zMoc+6q33SqcZSX26fntsTeKIhmuo1A71i3Zw9HNS9flPzhGne1FhRw+CD9FFHgdlN51a2aP5ZzwP1Rsx2cvtyNoO0LKRpbDVNZSajnwTJrZpPTunu86NtuoF5D5NUwzlkP69QPkZJm0yugtMQp9E8Ve+RuVY7m10= Received: by 10.38.151.22 with SMTP id y22mr410818rnd; Thu, 03 Feb 2005 17:37:07 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.38.74.23 with HTTP; Thu, 3 Feb 2005 17:37:07 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2005 02:37:07 +0100 From: Gert Cuykens To: "Loren M. Lang" In-Reply-To: <20050204004840.GY8619@alzatex.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <20050203134948.06fee67a@localhost> <20050204004840.GY8619@alzatex.com> cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org cc: Ted Mittelstaedt cc: Chris Hodgins Subject: Re: xhost +localhost X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Gert Cuykens List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2005 01:37:10 -0000 On Thu, 3 Feb 2005 16:48:40 -0800, Loren M. Lang wrote: > On Thu, Feb 03, 2005 at 01:49:48PM -0500, epilogue wrote: > > On Thu, 3 Feb 2005 14:43:39 +0100 > > Gert Cuykens wrote: > > > > > On Thu, 3 Feb 2005 00:32:23 -0800, Ted Mittelstaedt > > > wrote: > > > > > > While all of this is very interesting academic, if user Gert is dumb > > > > enough to leave the console of his UNIX system accessible then user > > > > Ted can come along and power cycle it into single user mode and wipe > > > > his disks whether he has the root password or not. > > > > While i quite agree with Ted's encouraging Gert to run X as joe user, > > rather than root (for a variety of security related reasons) it is a > > trivial matter implement a password requirement for boot -s. This way, > > even if a user can boot -s, they *must* have the root passwd. > > Well, with the bit about removing the cmos battery, I think he was also > getting at changing the bios so that other boot media like floppies or > cds can be used, then what good is a root password? > > > > > my 2 cents CAD for the day. > > > > > > cheers, > > epi > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > -- > I sense much NT in you. > NT leads to Bluescreen. > Bluescreen leads to downtime. > Downtime leads to suffering. > NT is the path to the darkside. > Powerful Unix is. > > Public Key: ftp://ftp.tallye.com/pub/lorenl_pubkey.asc > Fingerprint: B3B9 D669 69C9 09EC 1BCD 835A FAF3 7A46 E4A3 280C > For the love of god please dont do that meaning passwords get lost and single user mode is just fine the way it is.