‘Insecure by Default’? Well, Yes and No…
Posted in single user, boot, unix, security, linux on Oct 12th, 2007
Azerblog mentions that Linux distros are insecure by default, specifically that you can boot into single user mode by editing the GRUB kernel line to get to a root shell. Actually, this doesn’t work without the existing root password on Fedora, Debian, and Ubuntu (not sure about other Unices or Linux distros). Just before entering […]
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