Re: [Hampshire] Eee PC Login Woes

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Author: Tony Whitmore
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To: Hampshire LUG Discussion List
Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Eee PC Login Woes
Sean Gibbins wrote:
> Bob Dunlop wrote:
>> Same "back door" as on any standard PC. That's why you should setup
>> BIOS and GRUB passwords to prevent unauthorised access to the boot
>> process.
>
> Really Bob?
>
> <sean shows his ignorance>
>
> So I can get root on any of my machines if I can edit the grub command
> line?


Yup, changing the grub command line to use bash instead of initd is a
classic way of doing this.

Tony