Re: Is there a kernel patch to stop single user mode?

["Carlos Eduardo Pinheiro" <cabeca () gmx net>]

Set up a password on lilo.conf and use the option "restricted", it will ask
for the password just if a kernel parameter was specified at the command
line. i think it will solve your problem no?

Regards,

Carlos Eduardo Pinheiro - cabeca () gmx net - ICQ#: 134439332

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Hebert" <johnhebert () it-group com>
To: <security-basics () securityfocus com>
Cc: <general () brlug net>
Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 1:13 PM
Subject: Is there a kernel patch to stop single user mode?


> Is there a way to stop someone with physical access to the box from
booting
> into single user mode and changing the root password? I'm not interested
in
> solutions that require setting a boot or poweron password in the BIOS. I'd
> like something that could be done in the Linux kernel, so as to apply to
> multiple platforms.
>
> Thanks,
> John Hebert
>
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