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Re: [gentoo-user] Recovering root password

Neil Bothwick

2008-03-25

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On Tue, 25 Mar 2008 10:25:17 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote:

> On a notebook, there isn't an OS in existence that is immune to a
> LiveCD. If this concerns you, apply some biometrics and encrypted
> filesystem patches. Or stop using notebooks. Or stop using computers
> that someone else can touch.

Or disable booting from the optical drive (or remove it completely) and
set a password in the BIOS. This is one of the few areas in which a
laptop has an advantage, you can't just pope the side off the case and
flip a jumper to reset the BIOS.


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Neil Bothwick

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