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Linux.com: LILO Security Tips

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Apr 20, 2000

There are several techniques to minimize the risk of
passing LILO arguments at boot time and booting the system in
single user mode to get the root shell.

delay=X
This controls how long (in tenths of seconds) LILO waits for user
input before booting to the default selection. It should be set to
0 unless the system dual boots something else.”

prompt
This forces the user to enter something, LILO will not boot the
system automatically. This will not reboot the server without a
human attendant. But, If you add a timeout option then the system
will continue booting after the timeout is reached.”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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