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Offline Colani1200

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Re: Linux root password mystery
« on: December 12, 2008, 02:46:18 PM »
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LoadWB wrote:

Holy Snapple... uh, so you "own" the box if you own it, huh.


If you have physical access to a box, you always own it. No matter what system. (Using an encrypted filesystem can improve the situation though.)

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Every step of the way in Solaris requires the root password.


Still it would be possible to take out the HD and mount it in another system.