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Maybe +</I>><i> the bootloader configuration has a 'boot single' option, which should +</I>><i> require entry of the root password to access the system. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> +</I>><i> > you can also append +</I>><i> +</I>><i> > init=/bin/bash too which totally bypasses everything too. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Not if the bootloader configuration is password protected (IOW, you can +</I>><i> boot any configured option, but if you want to modify anything, you need +</I>><i> to provide a password, different from the root password). +</I>><i> +</I>><i> +</I>><i> > So while it's +</I>><i> +</I>><i> > maybe a nice idea, for all practical purposes, it's not any kind of real +</I>><i> +</I>><i> > security anyway, so don't rely on it! +</I>><i> +</I>><i> +</I>><i> No security implementation relies on a single control being in place. A +</I>><i> numebr of modern security best practices have thousands of controls, and +</I>><i> the requirement for a password to be entered to boot single is almost +</I>><i> always one of them, and a requirement for a bootloader password is +</I>><i> usually another. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Regards, +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Buchan +</I>><i> +</I> +-- +LinuxCabal Asociación Civil +Ing. 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