From: bergonz@keeper.sublink.org (Michele Bergonzoni) Subject: Re: Linus security/Non root access Date: 24 Aug 1992 18:29:08 GMT
>>:Frank Pikelner (frank@cs.yorku.ca) wrote:
>>:
>>:: I'd like to find out if it is possible to say install several machines to run
>>:: Linux and allow the public to use them. The problem I'm trying to resolve is I
>>:: need the machines to have access to a floppy drive, but I do not want anyone
>>:: to be able to boot the machine using their own floppy, and maybe gain access as
>>:: root.
Install 2 floppies in the machine, the first one (A:) is a bogus (possibly an
old 360K), broken or locked one, and the second (B:) is functional.
Maybe it is possible to mount only one floppy with the cables wrapped as a B:,
but i'm not sure it works, maybe it depends on the bios.
Further investigations on this topic in more appropriate newsgroups.
Ciao
Bergonz
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