Re: Remove Root Password from Shadow file

From: Peter T. Breuer (ptb_at_lab.it.uc3m.es)
Date: 03/09/05 

Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2005 09:53:23 +0100

In comp.os.linux.setup Dave Brown <dhbrown@hobbes.dhbrown.net> wrote:
> Password protecting a boot loader is a waste of time. Anyone who has
> physical access to a machine can gain root access to a machine. If you're

Can one lock the bios these days from within linux?

> interested in security, instead of fiddling around with password-ing the
> boot loader, lock the door!

Might be nice to have a deadman's switch in the bios. Must get a ping
from X every day or disk will be wiped ... dangerous, though!

Peter

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