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[Giorgos Keramidas]

Kostas Gewrgiou <gewrgiou at imbc.gr> writes:

> On Tue, 23 Nov 1999, Michalis Kabrianis wrote:
> 
> > <snip>
> > Pliroforiaka:
> > To na bootareis se Single-user mode kai na MIN sou zitisei password, einai
> > anakalypsi tis RedHAT (kai den kserw an to akolouthisan ki alloi meta, sigoura
> > pantws i Caldera oxi, krataei tin swsti symperifora)
> >
> SNIP 
> > 
> > Episis, idia symperifora (na zitaei diladi root password), exei kai to Solaris,
> > enw den exei tyxei na to elegksw gia alla leitourgika.
> > 
> > Michalis Kabrianis
> 
>  Apo oso thymamai h redhat ypostirizei oti to password sto init 1 einai axristo
> (kai den exoun katholou adiko tha elega).
> 
> Gia skepsouto ligo, to oti boreis na kaneis sto lilo init=/bin/bash anti na
> init 1 sou prosferei ta idia kai den proketai pote na sou zitisi password.
> Opote pros ti to password sto init 1 ? ti sou prosferei parapano apo mia
> pseutiki idea security ? 
> 
> Pio sosto fisika einai na baleis password sto lilo pou tote to na sou
> ksanazitaei password to init 1 einai ektos apo redundant kai spasimo
> neuron.

To password sto lilo einai genika kali idea, alla meta de mporeis na
afhseis to sustnma se merh pou isws kanei apo mono tou (ante an tou
kopei to reuma) kana duo reboot, gia profaneis logous.

Apo tin alli, ena mikro patch sto lilo einai olo ki olo, wste na mnv
dexetai to init= option.  Alla epeidi einaipolu xrhsimo se diafores
periptoseis, den to exei balei kaneis stin kanoniki ekdosi tou lilo
An to brw sto disko mou, to bazw sth selida mou
<http://students.ceid.upatras.gr/~keramida/linux/lilo.html>

As mnv ksexname oti ama de theleis na mpei o allos san root, den einai
anagki na kathetai stin konsola sou.  Ki an einai anagki na kathetai
stin konsola den einai anagki na douleuei to Alt-Ctrl-Del [an kleisei to 
mnxavnma, etsi ki alliws tha to deis meta, alla an to kleisei me 'reset' 
to fsck pou 8a kanei 8a fanei amesws].

> To solaris pou den exei kati analogo tou init=/bin/bash kala kanei kai
> vazei password alla sigrineis dio diaforetika pragmata.....

-- 
Giorgos Keramidas, <keramida at ceid.upatras.gr>
"What we have to learn to do, we learn by doing." [Aristotle]
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