Shadow password file

[Chris Gehlker]

On Dec 3, 2003, at 8:41 AM, Vaughn Treude wrote:

> BTW, if this machine wasn't safe inside my house I'd say the "reboot to
> single user mode" sounds like a real security risk.  I'm sure there 
> must be
> ways to lock that down, I'd be interested to see how they do it.

There is simply no way that a machine to which a bad guy has physical 
access can be secure. I think it would be a real mistake to pretend 
otherwise. The best you can do is encrypt your home directory.

On the other hand, being able to boot into single user mode is 
sometimes quite useful.