Re: A little off topic but I would like this answered

[chuck <chuck@Yerkes.com>]

Actually "unsecure" is more appropriate, but it will really prompt
for a password as long as the word is not "secure" - you could
make it PuppyLivers for all it cares.

chuck
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Quoting Ian Darwin (ian@darwinsys.com):
> On Mon, Sep 20, 1999 at 06:44:32PM -0500, Brian Sea wrote:
> > I was just wondering if there was a way to place a root-password control 
> > on the single-user mode?
> Hmmm, yes, if you change the entry for "console" in /etc/ttys
> from 'secure' to 'insecure' it will prompt for the password
> when going into single user mode. It will also prevent root login,
> which is a Good Thing (you should login as yourself and su or sudo
> when you need extra perms anyway).
> 
> My Pentium system's entry looks like this:
> 
> console	"/usr/libexec/getty Pc"		vt220	off insecure
> 
> Ian
> 
> P.S. This should not have gone to ports. Misc is the mailing list
> for misc. questions.  Ports is for discussion of software ported 
> or being ported to OpenBSD.