Re: securing single user

Subject: Re: securing single user
myles@nycap.rr.com
Date: Fri Oct 20 2000 - 20:26:07 MDT

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Nathan Hjelm wrote:
>
> how would i secure single user mode so that it
> requires a password to boot single. I know it can be
> done under lilo, but is there a secure way to do it
> for yd?
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Nathan,

Add a line similar to the following to your inittab:

su:S:wait:/sbin/sulogin

Run (as root) telinit q

-Myles

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