On Tuesday 20 March 2007 06:45 am, 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? > Of course if access to the machine is not secure, you have to > talk about encrypting the contents with passwords only the > users have. I can't speak for the OP but our machines are secure; to get to them you need my my access card, my lock combination, and my hand <smile>. But if the machines aren't physically secure it's quite easy to get into them without a password. Jeff -- Jeff Lasman, Nobaloney Internet Services P.O. Box 52200, Riverside, CA 92517 Our blists address used on lists is for list email only voice: +1 951 643-7540, or see: "http://www.nobaloney.net/contactus.html"