--- Paul Smith <phhs80@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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. Check out http://www.linux.org/docs/ldp/howto/LVM-HOWTO/ This should help understanding LVM > > Paul > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
