[nzlug] Help: Trouble after LDAP + NSS configuration

Nick Rout nick at rout.co.nz
Fri Feb 15 13:44:14 NZDT 2008


On Fri, February 15, 2008 1:05 pm, Daniel Lawson wrote:
> Toby Collett wrote:
>> surely this adds no security if you can simply change init to bash...
>>
>
> You can password protect lilo and grub so that such modifications aren't
> so trivial to achieve, even if someone has physical access to your
> machine. Of course, they can still boot from an external device.

What about setting the bios to NOT boot from external devices and setting
a password for the bios?

I guess then you can open the box and set the jumper that resets the bios
contents :-)

-- 
Nick Rout




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