Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2006 22:59:03 -0500 From: "Russell E. Meek" <rmeek@rem1tech.com> To: VeeJay <maanjee@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Password Security Message-ID: <20061121225903.fswba3d1uss8wgos@secure.rem1tech.com> In-Reply-To: <2cd0a0da0611211941iae07787q3f433fb2c8ab1f22@mail.gmail.com> References: <2cd0a0da0611211941iae07787q3f433fb2c8ab1f22@mail.gmail.com>
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Quoting VeeJay <maanjee@gmail.com>: > Hi > > I need to secure my data and server. Any advice will be highly appreciated= . > > I am going to place my FreeBSD server at a shared place? > > I am just afraid that any unauthorized person might boot machine in single > user mode and steal the data? > How can I make my Server secure that if if boots in single user mode, it > still demands the password and without password one cannot do anything? > or make it possible that booting in Single user mode, doesn't provide any > shell? > > Thanks in advance > > -- > > BR / vj > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.or= g" BR, Edit /etc/ttys and look for the following line: # If console is marked "insecure", then init will ask for the root password # when going to single-user mode. console none unknown off secure Change "secure" to "insecure" (no quotes) this will require the root =20 password to be entered when booting into Single User Mode. Thanks, Russ
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