xhost +localhost

[Gert Cuykens]

On Thu, 3 Feb 2005 16:48:40 -0800, Loren M. Lang <lorenl at alzatex.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 03, 2005 at 01:49:48PM -0500, epilogue wrote:
> > On Thu, 3 Feb 2005 14:43:39 +0100
> > Gert Cuykens <gert.cuykens at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > On Thu, 3 Feb 2005 00:32:23 -0800, Ted Mittelstaedt
> > > <tedm at toybox.placo.com> wrote:
> >
> > > > While all of this is very interesting academic, if user Gert is dumb
> > > > enough to leave the console of his UNIX system accessible then user
> > > > Ted can come along and power cycle it into single user mode and wipe
> > > > his disks whether he has the root password or not.
> >
> > While i quite agree with Ted's encouraging Gert to run X as joe user,
> > rather than root (for a variety of security related reasons) it is a
> > trivial matter implement a password requirement for boot -s.  This way,
> > even if a user can boot -s, they *must* have the root passwd.
> 
> Well, with the bit about removing the cmos battery, I think he was also
> getting at changing the bios so that other boot media like floppies or
> cds can be used, then what good is a root password?
> 
> <snip>
> 
> > my 2 cents CAD for the day.
> >
> >
> > cheers,
> > epi
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For the love of god please dont do that meaning passwords get lost and
single user mode is just fine the way it is.