securing an Ubuntu box in a shared office?

[Eric Hanchrow]

>>>>> "Anonyma" == Anonyma  <anon-bounces at deuxpi.ca> writes:

    Anonyma> I know that anyone who can get into a computer can make
    Anonyma> it insecure (by putting the hard drive in another machine

Encrypting the hard drive should protect against that.  Look at the
"encfs" package.

    Anonyma> 1.  set a BIOS password

I suspect that doesn't really protect against anything.

    Anonyma> 2.  set a GRUB password so no-one else can boot it into
    Anonyma>    single-user mode

Ditto -- if they might take out your hard disk, then you gain little
by preventing them from logging in as root.

Anyhow, doesn't booting single-user demand a password anyway?
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