Why does Linux Allow

[Mario Zuppini]

To quote what a few people on this subject have said over the years.

"If you don't have physical security you ain't got jack"

People dont spend big $ on secured coloc's with guards, etc for no
reason :P


On Sun, 2003-12-21 at 07:54, Michael Schwendt wrote:
> On Sat, 20 Dec 2003 16:34:52 -0500, jim tate wrote:
> 
> > Why is it that Linux allows you to go into Linux Rescue mode
> > /mnt/sysimage and delete Root password?
> 
> Because anyone with physical access to the machine could disable the root
> password via other ways. 
> 
> You can disable booting from CD-ROM/floppy, protect your BIOS menu and
> your bootloader with a password, though, to make it a bit more difficult.
>  
> --