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Protecting the Linux Root Password

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LinuxPlanet; By Juliet Kemp 		Mail this story
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"Whoever has physical access to the machine owns it" is an old and true Unix saying. Still, there are some steps you can take to add extra security to your Linux box, such as password-protecting the boot process. Juliet Kemp shows how.

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