[CentOS] Need help in securing maildir so that rootusershouldnot able to read anyother user's mail

Matthew Miller mattdm at mattdm.org
Tue Mar 20 17:52:15 UTC 2007


On Tue, Mar 20, 2007 at 12:44:05PM -0500, Styma, Robert E (Robert) wrote:
> > > You cannot just go to single user mode because going
> > > to single user normally requires you to enter the root password.
> > I can't test now; I don't have a local CentOS system, but I don't 
> > remember ever needing a password to get into single mode on any Linux 
> > system.  Am I right, or is my brain falling apart?
> I could be confused.  I jump back and forth between Linux, Solaris,
> and HP/UX.

Default is no password, but you *should* set a grub password.

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