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Current Newswire: Would You Like Linux With Your Jello? Why I Use Linux: Lofton’s Story Go to Toys 'R Us for your Linux netbook needs Sun xVM VirtualBox 3.0: Virtual Developer's Delight Apple Wary of Ogg Theora: No Agreement Yet on HTML5 Video Standard Freedom is not Free for Countries nor Computer Users Eyecandy Themes For Ubuntu - Download directly from Synaptic - No More Hassles Sifting Through Billions and Billions of Bytes Miro 2.0 - Watch TV Podcasts and Videos in HD Hands off the Gimp Senior Windows Engineer (NC) Next Step Systems US-NC-Charlotte Post A Job | Post A Resume Reminder: Physical Access = Root Access Jul 10, 2008, 20 :15 UTC (7 Talkback[s]) (6232 reads) (Other stories by Tristan Rhodes) "Today I needed to reset a password on an Ubuntu system. While doing this, I was reminded of just how simple it is to get root access on a default install of Ubuntu. I wanted to share these steps on this blog to remind people that if someone has physical access to your Ubuntu system, they can get root access in just a few seconds..." Complete Story Related Story: A Continuing Look at Windows v. Linux Security(Sep 26, 2005) Index Mode   |   Flat Mode   |   Thread Mode   |   Thread Flat     Talkback(s) Name  and Date   RE: Physical Access=Root Access    Sid Boyce Jul 11, 2008, 07:09:14     Re: RE: Physical Access=Root Access    cabreh Jul 11, 2008, 10:09:55     There are good reasons for this    JFM Jul 11, 2008, 10:28:02     You mean Physical Access == Root Access?    Jasper Ferrer Jul 11, 2008, 12:56:17     Re: There are good reasons for this    I R A Darth Aggie Jul 11, 2008, 13:24:46     Much ado about nothing...    cjm Jul 11, 2008, 13:50:24     Re: There are good reasons for this    blackhole Jul 11, 2008, 14:04:54     Home | Search Talkbacks | Customize View    Top of Page   Enter your comments below: * Your Name: * Your Email Address: * Subject: CC: [will also send this talkback to an E-Mail address] * Comments: Tags allowed:<I>,<B> and <U>. See our talkback-policy for more about talkback content. Fields marked with * are required!

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