Re: Root password change

[Michael Holstein <michael.holstein () csuohio edu>]

> Trivial to defeat.  Just boot in to single user mode with these kernel
> options:
>         single init=/bin/bash

Again .. only due to initial misconfiguration.

Nobody should allow alternate switches to be passed to the kernel at 
boot .. either by password-protecting the bootloader, or via firmware 
(as with OpenBoot).

/mike.

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