Password-protect grub interactive commands (was: rationale of root access from boot)

Thilo Six T.Six at gmx.de
Sat Nov 10 13:15:19 UTC 2007


Nicolas Deschildre wrote the following on 10.11.2007 07:06

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> Thanks for the pointer.
> But then, why not use this password feature by default to avoid anyone
> to edit boot parameter and become root?

because it´s as easy as to plugin a LiveCD and overcome that.


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