Breaking password on FreeBSD 5.2.1 box

[Bill Moran]

Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local at be-well.ilk.org> wrote:

> Bill Moran <wmoran at potentialtech.com> writes:
> 
> > Edit /etc/ttys and mark the console "insecure" and try it again.
> > 
> > You'll find you can't get in without the password when that change has
> > been made.  That configuration is the correct thing to do when you can't
> > guarantee the physical security of the machine.
> 
> To be more precise, it covers the case where the machine *is*
> physically secure, but its console is not.  Obviously, if the machine
> is sufficiently insecure that someone could boot off a floppy, it
> doesn't matter what /etc/ttys says.

Yeah, that's what I meant.

Thanks for clarifying my sloppy explanation.

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Bill Moran
Potential Technologies
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