I think what he's asking is "doesn't this give you the ability to crack into a machine, since you can reset the root password and thus gain access to the entire box?" Whil On Sat, 2003-12-20 at 15:41, Oscar Rylin wrote: > >-----Original Message----- > >From: fedora-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:fedora-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx] On > >Behalf Of jim tate > >Sent: den 20 december 2003 22:35 > >To: fedora > >Subject: Why does Linux Allow > > > >Why is it that Linux allows you to go into Linux Rescue mode > >/mnt/sysimage and delete Root password? > > > Because you might need to reset the root password sometime? >
