On Tue, 2006-03-14 at 00:26 +0700, Feris Thia wrote: > Hi All, > > I've heard that root access can be recovered if we forget the password > or something causes authentication failed. How is that done ? https://www.redhat.com/archives/redhat-install-list/2005-October/msg00180.html > And if so... I want it to be completely unrecoverable.. How can I do that ? - use a grub password (to avoid the former) - lock hardware, specially hard disks (deny physical access to disks) - use a bios password (so no one boot from floppies or cds and mounts your filesystem on another) -- Rodolfo Alcazar Administrador datos y red Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH Programa de Apoyo a la Gestión Pública Descentralizada y Lucha Contra La Pobreza - PADEP Av. Sánchez Lima 2226 T +591 22417628 (121) C +591 70656800 E rodolfo.alcazar@xxxxxxxxxxxx I www.padep.org.bo