Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Recovering root password
Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2008 09:12:37
Message-Id: 20080325091213.0e771c9d@loonquawl.digimed.co.uk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Recovering root password by Alan McKinnon
1 On Tue, 25 Mar 2008 10:25:17 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote:
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3 > On a notebook, there isn't an OS in existence that is immune to a
4 > LiveCD. If this concerns you, apply some biometrics and encrypted
5 > filesystem patches. Or stop using notebooks. Or stop using computers
6 > that someone else can touch.
7
8 Or disable booting from the optical drive (or remove it completely) and
9 set a password in the BIOS. This is one of the few areas in which a
10 laptop has an advantage, you can't just pope the side off the case and
11 flip a jumper to reset the BIOS.
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15 Neil Bothwick
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17 WinErr 003: Dynamic linking error - Your mistake is now in every file

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