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- From: ruediger@ramz.ing.tu-bs.de (Ruediger Helsch)
- Subject: Re: HP 9000/370, no root password!
- Message-ID: <1992Aug21.104820.4271@ibr.cs.tu-bs.de>
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- Organization: Mechanikzentrum, Technische Universitaet Braunschweig, Germany
- References: <1992Aug15.022529.7176@mccc.edu> <430131@hpnmdla.sr.hp.com> <1992Aug20.212928.28666@gdwest.gd.com>
- Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 10:48:20 GMT
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- Many people seem to worry that everybody with access to a HP workstations
- console can boot as root. Just an idea I have not tried: isn't it possible to set
- the 'CONSOLE PATH' from pdc (see pdc(1M))? Setting the console path
- to a serial line should protect at least against misuse from the work place.
- This should work for cases where screen and keyboard of the workstation
- are not in a secure place, but the box itself is (behind a wall?). Else it may be
- possible to lock (or remove) the serial connector.
-
- Ruediger Helsch <ruediger@ramz.ing.tu-bs.de>
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