Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!lll-winken!iggy.GW.Vitalink.COM!widener!brendan From: brendan@cs.widener.edu (Brendan Kehoe) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: Password to single-user mode? Message-ID: Date: 15 May 91 01:27:57 GMT References: <1991May14.181215.3306@viewlogic.com> Organization: Widener CS Dept Lines: 15 In <1991May14.181215.3306@viewlogic.com>, kenc@suntan.viewlogic.com writes: >Can you add a password so that Ms. Anybody cannot >walk up to my Sparc and boot single user? Take 'secure' out of the entry for the console in /etc/ttytab. It'll make it exactly like any other terminal; also, any attempt to boot single-user (or shut down, or whatever), requires giving the root pwd, whether or not you were root when you shut it down. Perfect for when your server's not well isolated. -- Brendan Kehoe - Widener Sun Network Manager - brendan@cs.widener.edu Widener University in Chester, PA A Bloody Sun-Dec War Zone "Visualize a dream; look for it in the present tense -- a greater calm than before. If you persist in your efforts, you can achieve...dream control."