Breaking password on FreeBSD 5.2.1 box

[Lowell Gilbert]

Bill Moran <wmoran at potentialtech.com> writes:

> Edit /etc/ttys and mark the console "insecure" and try it again.
> 
> You'll find you can't get in without the password when that change has
> been made.  That configuration is the correct thing to do when you can't
> guarantee the physical security of the machine.

To be more precise, it covers the case where the machine *is*
physically secure, but its console is not.  Obviously, if the machine
is sufficiently insecure that someone could boot off a floppy, it
doesn't matter what /etc/ttys says.

Be well.