From owner-freebsd-security Mon Dec 21 05:24:27 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id FAA22478 for freebsd-security-outgoing; Mon, 21 Dec 1998 05:24:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com (cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com [24.2.89.207]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id FAA22473 for ; Mon, 21 Dec 1998 05:24:25 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from cjc@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com) Received: (from cjc@localhost) by cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA27266; Mon, 21 Dec 1998 08:24:53 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from cjc) From: "Crist J. Clark" Message-Id: <199812211324.IAA27266@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com> Subject: Re: preventing single user login w/o password In-Reply-To: from Janos Mohacsi at "Dec 21, 98 12:17:30 pm" To: mohacsi@bagira.iit.bme.hu (Janos Mohacsi) Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1998 08:24:53 -0500 (EST) Cc: security@FreeBSD.ORG Reply-To: cjclark@home.com X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL40 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Janos Mohacsi wrote, > Hi, > How can I prevent booting FreeBSD into the single user mode without > supplying either root or maybe different password? Here's the simple answer, but you might not like it, Control physical access to the machine. "There is no security without physical security." -- Crist J. Clark cjclark@home.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message