On 12/11/05, Antonio Olivares <olivares14031@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > I have noticed that from SLAX liveCD, one has > > total and free access to > > > the home partition of all Linux (Fedora) accounts > > in the hard-disk of > > > the computer. In this way, with a SLAX disk, > > everyone can spy all > > > accounts in the hard-disk. How can this be > > prevented? > > > > If someone has physical access to your machine, they > > own your machine. > > Period. If they can boot off a CD, they own your > > machine. > > > > You can do some stuff like make it so your computer > > won't boot off CD, > > and then password protect the BIOS. That comes > > closer. But if someone > > can lay hands on your machine, all they need to do > > is pop the drive and > > they own your data. > > Paul, > Did you install LVM automatically from within > Anaconda? Because if you did, Slax, Knoppix, Kanotix > or any other livecd out there can detect the > partitions but not access them except the /boot > partition where grub resides and you can make minor > corrections. I also use SLAX and have tried to view > the partitions and it only allows me to view /boot > partition /dev/hda1 which is mounted on /mnt/hda1. > Kanotix see's all the partitions but is very selective > as to allow read/write, by default the partitions are > not mounted and one has the option to open read only > or read/write. > > My guess is that you do not have LVM partitions. > Otherwise Slax cannot access them except for boot > partition. Thanks, Antonio. I first need to learn what LVM partitions are to fully understand your post, as I do not know what LVM partitions are. Paul
