Re: [gentoo-user] Recovering root password

[Liviu Andronic]

On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 10:12 AM, Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> wrote:
>  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.
>

I'd say the BIOS is not much of a security enforcer. Even with the
BIOS password protected, one can plug out the hardrive, connect to
another system and get access to all the data. It might need more time
than a LiveCD approach, it would be as efficient. As Alan and Wael
suggested, the approaches that can work in protecting your data are a
physical key to a locked door or a root encrypted system.
Liviu
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