From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Mar 16 7:40: 5 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from smtp1.mx.pitdc1.stargate.net (smtp1.mx.pitdc1.stargate.net [206.210.69.141]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 05F9337B404 for ; Sat, 16 Mar 2002 07:40:02 -0800 (PST) Received: (qmail 11159 invoked from network); 16 Mar 2002 15:39:55 -0000 Received: from dap-209-166-133-223.nfas.greensburg-tnt-2.sns234.pa.stargate.net (HELO wastegate.net) (209.166.133.223) by smtp1.mx.pitdc1.stargate.net with SMTP; 16 Mar 2002 15:39:55 -0000 Received: from MOTHER (mother.wg.local [192.168.1.2]) by wastegate.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id B6D0748452; Sat, 16 Mar 2002 10:41:47 -0500 (EST) From: "Doug Reynolds" To: "questions@freebsd.org" , "warrior@mailbox.riga.lv" Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2002 10:43:55 -0500 Reply-To: "Doug Reynolds" X-Mailer: PMMail 2000 Professional (2.20.2472) For Windows 2000 (5.1.2600) In-Reply-To: <200203160222.g2G2MYk30470@smtp.delfi.lv> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: root password Message-Id: <20020316154147.B6D0748452@wastegate.net> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, 16 Mar 2002 02:22:34 GMT, warrior@mailbox.riga.lv wrote: >Is the any way to secure FreeBSD if an intruder HAS the access to *Reset* button > and theres no passwords on booting/etc? (Let's consider this option) >so, the following combination wouldn't work: > >*reset* >boot -s >mount -u / >mount -a >passwd root >exit a couple of people posted on howto disable that, and you can also disable the keyboard and have it send loader info to the serial port0 --- doug reynolds | the maverick | mav@wastegate.net PGP Public Key Fingerprint: 7FEC 10AA 056B F8DE AC1E 6965 FBBE 9601 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message