System security and physical access.

[Marc Adler]

James Wilkinson wrote:

>Not really. It makes obvious what is already known: if someone has
>physical access to a machine, they have a huge amount of power.
>  
>
I was surprised to see that I could access the Linux partition so 
easily. All you have to do is run Partition Commander et al., resize the 
Linux partition, install some version of Windows, get whatever info you 
need, then repeat the process in reverse. No one would be the wiser.

>I'm sorry I can't help you with your main problem: I don't know 
>Partition Commander. It's possible that Partition Commander has made
>unwarranted assumptions: it sees grub the package, and assumes you'll
>want to use it to boot.
>
Is this really a problem without precedent or am I asking in the wrong 
list? And if the latter, any ideas where I might better direct my inquiry?

Thanks.

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Marc Adler
Honolulu, Hawai'i