Date: Tue, 04 May 2004 07:51:02 -0500 From: Brad Tarver <btarver@idlemind.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SINGLE_USER Message-ID: <409791B6.30305@idlemind.net> In-Reply-To: <E78E51BB7B45C749B11C8B5BA64107E105C45E31@mercurio.cigb.edu.cu> References: <E78E51BB7B45C749B11C8B5BA64107E105C45E31@mercurio.cigb.edu.cu>
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Osmany Guirola Cruz wrote on 05/04/04 07:29 AM: > Why in single-user mode I have direct acces to the root account? > Why the system does not ask for a password to enter in single-user > mode? > single user mode can be used to recover your root password among other things. if you want to be prompted for a password, look for this line in /etc/ttys: console none unknown off secure and change secure to insecure. -- Brad Tarver, CCNA btarver[at]idlemind[dot]net
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