Subject: Re: bootloader
To: None <netbsd@ns.purk.ee>
From: Daniel Eggert <danieleggert@mac.com>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 10/20/2002 22:17:42
On s=F8ndag, okt 20, 2002, at 21:02 Europe/Copenhagen, netbsd@ns.purk.ee=20=

wrote:

> Thanx for the quick answer!
>
> Greetings
>
> Tsiteerimine Lubomir Sedlacik <salo@Xtrmntr.org>:
>
>> hi,
>>
>> On Sun, Oct 20, 2002 at 09:56:28PM +0300, netbsd@ns.purk.ee wrote:
>>>
>>> Is there any chance to have passwd in single user mode,because i=20
>>> don't
>>> want users to become a root:)
>>
>> installboot(8):
>>
>>  -p password
>>          If supported by the boot program, set the password which=20
>> must be
>>          entered before the boot menu can be accessed.
>>
>>

I _think_ setting console tu not be 'secure' in ttys will also ask for=20=

a password when booting into single user, but I'm not sure about this=20
on NetBSD. (use with caution)

Daniel