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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Security hole (or feature ;) in KDE Screensavers
From:       Warwick Allison <warwick () troll ! no>
Date:       1999-10-16 23:56:32
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Rob Kaper wrote:

>Why the hell is there password protection in Linux when it's useless? Anyone
>with a bootdisk or two can mount the original harddrive, use a passwd tool
>on /mnt/etc/passwd and change the root password.

Change your CMOS Setup to boot A: first, and put a password on the Setup.
Of course, anyone with a screwdriver...

If you don't have physical security, you don't have anything - they can always
steal your whole computer.

So it's nothing to do with KDE screensavers.

--
Warwick

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