Re: SSH

[Christian Motta <chris@xxxxxxxxx>]

windows boxs are just as easy to change administrator passwd w/ knoppix or erd commander (bootable recovery cd for windows).

to prevent this, well....

lots of servers have locking front covers
server racks can lock
in bios put hd as first boot device then set a bios passwd. 

(all of the above *can* be defeated)

I am sure you could password encrypt your hd but I don't know much about that.

-chris

Danny Terweij - Net Tuning | Net wrote:

From: "Terry Polzin" <fox3ec208@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>


  

I'd boot into rescue mode and vi the /etc/shadow file and remove the
    

passwords
  

then reboot normal.  The accounts will then have no password and then you
could generate your own passwords.
    

Eeks!. I thought linux was better then windows with passwords security.

So when your laptop/server/pc is stolen all they have to do is this and gets
full access as root with no pass?

Next question, how to prevent this ?

Danny.