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HOW TO PASSWORD PROTECT THE SINGLE USER MODE IN LINUX
One of the very compromising situation arising with a Linux box with a slack physical security – easy access to anyone to the linux box - is one ... [Read More]One of the very compromising situation arising with a Linux box with a slack physical security – easy access to anyone to the linux box - is one were a malicious user boots into an un protected single user mode and changes your root password. This can be prevented by making your linux machine to ask for the root password even when the system is made to boot into single user mode. The below given tip lets you achieve this goal.
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HOW TO PROTECT THE LILO BOOT LOADER IN LINUX WITH A PASSWORD
You can configure LILO to ask for a password before any arguments are added from the LILO boot: prompt by adding a password entry in to the globa... [Read More]You can configure LILO to ask for a password before any arguments are added from the LILO boot: prompt by adding a password entry in to the global section of the LILO configuration file. This can prevent casual users from booting into the single mode from the LILO boot: prompt.
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HOW TO PROTECT THE GRUB BOOT LOADER IN LINUX WITH A PASSWORD
You can prevent access to the GRUB console and prevent anyone from making changes to the configuration parameters by using the below given tip. I... [Read More]You can prevent access to the GRUB console and prevent anyone from making changes to the configuration parameters by using the below given tip. It enables you to set a password for the GRUB boot parameter editor.
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HOW TO RECOVER FROM A ROOT PASSWORD LOSS IN A LINUX MACHINE USING A LIVE LINUX CD.
This tip will help you to reset the root password in a Linux machine using a Live Linux distribution like Knoppix. ... [Read More]This tip will help you to reset the root password in a Linux machine using a Live Linux distribution like Knoppix.
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HOW TO RECOVER FROM A ROOT PASSWORD LOSS IN A LINUX MACHINE IF YOU ARE USING GRUB AS THE BOOT LOADER.
This tip will help you to reset the root password in a Linux machine. This tip is relevant only if you are using GRUB as your boot loader. ... [Read More]This tip will help you to reset the root password in a Linux machine. This tip is relevant only if you are using GRUB as your boot loader.
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