Changing Root Passwords without a Live CD

[Dave Germiquet]

If your only concerned about the security of your data and the hard
drive you can encrypt the file system and the data on it so no one can
get access to it.

On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 3:00 PM, Robert Brockway
<robert-5LEc/6Zm6xCUd8a0hrldnti2O/JbrIOy at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> On Tue, 9 Feb 2010, Mike Oliver wrote:
>
>> Is there a way I can make it require a password to edit the boot line at
>> all?
>> I don't want anyone who happens to find my laptop, when I've walked away
>> from it for five minutes, to be able to get a root shell!
>
> Both lilo & grub support passwords to change the boot line but it's
> important to keep in perspective how much security this offers.
>
> Someone with physical access to the box can change the boot device in the
> BIOS and circumvent any bootloader protection.
>
> You can set a BIOS password but someone with physical access to the machine
> can even potentially clear that using a jumper on the motherboard (yes this
> would be quite obvious).
>
> You could rivet the case shut to preven this from occuring or you could just
> do what most us do and accept that if someone has physical access to the
> machine they can 0wn it (or steal it).
>
> :)
>
> Cheers,
>
> Rob
>
>
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