Article:		Securing Your TiBook (or Any Other Mac OS X Machine)
Subject:		What about single user mode?
Date:		2003-03-05 13:22:15
From:		anonymous2
If you hold down command-s while booting osx will put you in single user mode, which doesnt start any services and instead just dumps you into a root shell, without asking for a password. Is there a way to secure this?

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• What about single user mode?
  2003-06-29 23:30:42  anonymous2 [View]
  
  
  Edit /etc/ttys. Change the 'console' line from 'secure' to 'insecure'. Single user now requires a password.
• What about single user mode?
  2003-07-02 15:59:00  anonymous2 [View]
  
  
  That doesn't work for me, for some reason. Can you specify exactly what the line should read?
  
  No matter what I do, it still does not require a password anywhere in the process of booting into single user mode.
  
  (You can also email me at nmcspadden@opal.sacred.sf.ca.us)