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Date:      Wed, 4 Apr 2001 16:01:39 +0000 (GMT)
From:      Kris Kirby <kris@catonic.net>
To:        "Crist J. Clark" <cjclark@alum.mit.edu>
Cc:        freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG, Peter Radcliffe <pir@pir.net>
Subject:   Re: su change?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0104041559510.12449-100000@spaz.huntsvilleal.com>
In-Reply-To: <3ACAEAAF.F7434509@alum.mit.edu>

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On Wed, 4 Apr 2001, Crist J. Clark wrote:
> That's in full-security mode? In full-security mode, the machine will
> not go past the boot prompt without a password. It will not start
> going into multi-user mode; the OS never will start to boot.

Negative; that's just if it's in "lab" mode. Like a BIOS password...
 
> However, that method would be relevant to the start of this thread,
> how to get access when /etc/passwd is munged.

Nifty, I guess.

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Kris Kirby, KE4AHR          | TGIFreeBSD... 'Nuff said.
<kris@nospam.catonic.net>   |    
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