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re: Question about 'Prevent New Users From Logging In'
Saturday, April 24, 2004 at 10:20 am
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Posted by Master Xan (3 messages posted)


Uh, why take out the battery? can't you just move a few jumpers to disable the password option completely? Then you don't have to wait for 1/2 hour. And I agree, most people don't know either method and it isn't neccessary to prepare against unless your a business or something.


On Wednesday, November 6, 2002 at 5:31 pm, wm hospcen wrote:
>
>Sh-h-h nobody is supposed to know about that ;-)
>Seriously, the intruder would have to open up the
>case and wait a 1/2 hour or more and in that time the hard drive could be copied
>and bugged. One could lock the case or use special screws
>if security requirements were so demanding or put it
>in a locked closet or encrypt everything. I don't have a
>privacy problem; I just want to keep out those who would
>try experiments on a public computer that they would
> not dream of doing on their own computer.
>


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re: Question about 'Prevent New Users From Logging In' (wm hospcen: Wednesday, November 6, 2002 at 5:31 pm)

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All messages in this thread [show all]
-Question about 'Prevent New Users From Logging In' (wm hospcen: Sun, Mar 3, 2002, 3:49 pm)
-re: Question about 'Prevent New Users From Logging In' (hippy: Fri, Nov 1, 2002, 9:19 am)
-re: Question about 'Prevent New Users From Logging In' (wm hospcen: Wed, Nov 6, 2002, 5:31 pm)
*re: Question about 'Prevent New Users From Logging In' (Master Xan: Sat, Apr 24, 2004, 10:20 am)
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