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Re: Getting root on Linux

> A better solution would be to let the postinst ask if restricted&password
> are needed then ask for a password. And check if the password is entered
> correctly and not empty!

This is all pretty redundant unless you remove the floppy drive.  Especially 
since by default mbr allows you to boot from floppy, even if you set the bios 
to boot from the hard disk.

If someone is paranoid enough to have a floppyless machine, then it is fairly 
likely that they would be interested in the password on lilo, but otherwise it 
just gives you a warm&cuddly and no real improvement in security.

Perhaps these users would be better served by a Paranoia-HOWTO than an install 
time prompt.

I don't want to see any postinst questions that are not absolutely necessary, 
and since I would guess that the vast majority of our users install mbr and 
don't remove the floppy, this seems to be a counter productive question to 
have in a postinst.

Cheers, Phil.



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