Date: Tue, 9 Nov 1999 00:08:17 +0300 From: Alexey Zelkin <phantom@cris.net> To: "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@newsguy.com> Cc: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: loader security problem Message-ID: <19991109000817.A23687@scorpion.crimea.ua> In-Reply-To: <3825384E.C6214B61@newsguy.com> References: <19991105222636.B27448@scorpion.crimea.ua> <199911060019.QAA00813@dingo.cdrom.com> <19991107000520.A23479@scorpion.crimea.ua> <3825384E.C6214B61@newsguy.com>
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hi, On Sun, Nov 07, 1999 at 05:29:02PM +0900, Daniel C. Sobral wrote: > > IMHO, it would be nice to have password protected loader(8) (like linux lilo) > > or just ACLs for loader(8)'s "more" command (like unavailable for viewing > > files) > > cat >/boot/passwd.4th <<EOF Looks fine! What about including something like that to distribution and have enabled by default ? It's much easy for newbie users to get it enabled by default and not hacked machine (also by default). [dd] > Say... does LILO have a scripting language? One my friend is linux-fan. And I know about lilo by his speach :) I even did not try to look to lilo's sources and I can't answer such _complex_ question :) -- /* Alexey Zelkin && phantom@cris.net */ /* Tavric National University && phantom@crimea.edu */ /* http://www.ccssu.crimea.ua/~phantom && phantom@FreeBSD.org */ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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