> >Actually, on Redhat there is no password for single-user mode. At least there > >wasn't on 6.0. One of the (many) reasons I switched to debian. Having no > >password on single-user mode is just plain wrong. > > > This is a security issue, as is the physical security of a box. I mean what > good is a firewall if someone can walk up to a box and stick a floppy in and > reboot and have root. In reality if someone can reboot and do linux single > they can probably stick in a boot disk just the same. Or what's to keep the dog from taking a screwdriver and yanking the HD, replacing it with one that boots Win95? My dog is just mean enough that she'd do that. Andy