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Cobalt really really need to give the admin user
(or indeed anyone with physical access) the ability to boot into single user
mode.
You can restore the OS from CD, surely they could
modify the boot block to allow single user mode to work. For a sys admin with
physical access to the machine, and indeed another networked machine for the cd
this is a very important feature. Having a password reset option hardwired into
the raq itself is nice ... BUT
I have encountered a situation presently where the
passwd reset does NOT work. Think about the implications of that.. once security
is compromised (that is, if the system needs a push to fall over)you are faced
with an entire restore of all your data and OS should you be able to recover
it.
This saddens me, otherwise the Cobalt is a great
product but I do not beleive I will be buying any more unless I can be assured
this wont happen again.
just for the record.. its happened twice in three
months on a Raq2. I also dont beleive either occurance has anything to do with
security being compromised. THIS IS A BUG.
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