Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2006 00:45:15 -0600 From: "Jeff Hinrichs - DM&T" <jeffh@dundeemt.com> To: VeeJay <maanjee@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Password Security Message-ID: <5aaed53f0611212245v2f194531q569ab17a9bac1d6e@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20061121225903.fswba3d1uss8wgos@secure.rem1tech.com> References: <2cd0a0da0611211941iae07787q3f433fb2c8ab1f22@mail.gmail.com> <20061121225903.fswba3d1uss8wgos@secure.rem1tech.com>
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On 11/21/06, Russell E. Meek <rmeek@rem1tech.com> wrote: > 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.org" > > 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 > password to be entered when booting into Single User Mode. > > > Thanks, > > Russ > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > If the box isn't physically secured then this is just blowin in the wind. Short of fully encrypted disks that require a token/password at boot, there isn't any security in this kind of environment.
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