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Re: [LUG] Restricting logon times for normal users

 

Thomas Arrow wrote:
> Well I would suggest locking the case because I remember that when I was
> 12 (less than a year ago) I could easily boot into a livecd and edit the
> shadow file and then get root. Most things like that can be found easily
> on the internet and even if you lock the bios to only boot from HDA you
> can always pop the cmos battery.
> Maybe I'm just a bit paranoid but people often know more than you think.
Equally frequently they know less than you wish as well.... cue customer 
told 'Right click on the mouse please'... and disappears to get a pen......

I kid you not.

Julian

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