Bug 17392

Summary: Single user
Product: [Retired] Red Hat Linux Reporter: Need Real Name <galinkardjilov>
Component: liloAssignee: Michael K. Johnson <johnsonm>
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Description Need Real Name 2000-09-10 08:11:57 UTC 
So let start. My name is Galin Nikolaev Kardjilov. Am I from Bulgaria and I
am 15 years old. So I am not sure if this is a bug,but it's very stupid of
your side to make it. So when Lilo says
Lilo: and you type linux single ,you acceess linux with a bash# and when
you type su, you automatically become root. It doesn't promt you for a
password. So i can do everything as root. I can change the permissions of
/etc/passwd and /etc/shadow to 777 and every user will be able to
read/write them. I can change the root password, i can add user and so on. 
I suggest in the next distribution of RedHat when you go to bash# you go
with permissions 500:500 and there must have a speacial command (e.g.
svisitor) that prompts you for a special password you have already entered
at the installation. So I'd like to receive an email to understand whet
have you dicided bye.
Comment 1 Nalin Dahyabhai 2000-09-11 19:51:45 UTC 
This is a long-standing well-known LILO configuration question.  Pull up the
documentation for lilo.conf and search for the RESTRICTED and PASSWORD options.