SINGLE_USER
Brad Tarver
btarver at idlemind.net
Tue May 4 05:51:18 PDT 2004
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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