From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 12 10:13:31 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7CE6F106564A for ; Sun, 12 Dec 2010 10:13:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from utisoft@gmail.com) Received: from mail-bw0-f49.google.com (mail-bw0-f49.google.com [209.85.214.49]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 085568FC0C for ; Sun, 12 Dec 2010 10:13:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: by bwz5 with SMTP id 5so5841641bwz.8 for ; Sun, 12 Dec 2010 02:13:29 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:mime-version:received:reply-to :in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to:content-type; bh=z4T4eUnjifcU/kj2LbhVr1hNilrL1h0gImjGENRqMGY=; b=CtgLGabT8tMDKQCs/3MTJ+s16+qdgRBIySgXv58KU8mI4nhqeBdTYTNTdPGuFWEcvi 3qSmVmqHxBPIIFMFV+U8RAdWkR4CJE1OLPSn/K6dWgC5Q9iKuTNiUDzN/We0dRnHuwQw Tm5STJ0iPEaj917GqEXB8lg6AjyC2Dgz2oh4E= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:reply-to:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id :subject:to:content-type; b=mWhEOD5+Noh//tSwXQMVRpm+DAih04Okl0ApXsJCxpzkclkaKk6txbr/lLbM2UVlIt V8d7x4ULdr4qkHoqT17TPrlENvkzm/EkgTtVHqcpGxfnrvZ48xcqfkn2Z858g0iLIFl6 b1p7r+nOBNllGMSilO6EjmSGFuNUsZK1W0hCg= Received: by 10.204.65.3 with SMTP id g3mr1000550bki.139.1292148809826; Sun, 12 Dec 2010 02:13:29 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.204.52.19 with HTTP; Sun, 12 Dec 2010 02:12:59 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: From: Chris Rees Date: Sun, 12 Dec 2010 10:12:59 +0000 Message-ID: To: "K. Yura" , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: Subject: Re: pass for single user mode X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: utisoft@gmail.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 12 Dec 2010 10:13:31 -0000 On 11 December 2010 16:55, K. Yura wrote: > 2010/12/11 Chris Rees >> >> Have a look at /etc/ttys. >> Chris > Thank you very much No problem. Don't forget that although you've now made it non-trivial to break into your computer with console access, it's still easy for a physical attacker to: - remove your hard drive - boot from a USB key or CD or floppy etc - mess with your BIOS settings. This is why by default there's no root password for single user; if an attacker has physical access you're screwed anyway! Chris