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SubjectRe: Small security option
* John R Moser (jmoser5@student.ccbc.cc.md.us) wrote:
> Why wasn't this done in the first place anyway?
>
> Some sysadmins like to disable the other boot devices and password-protect
> the bios. Good, but if the person can pass init=, you're screwed.
>
> Here's a small patch that does a very simple thing: Disables "init=" and
> using /bin/sh for init. That'll stop people from rooting the box from grub.

If you have this access, you already own the box.
-chris
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