freebsd security - Nov 2006 - OPIE + single user mode

Hallo all,

Have a problem and while OPIE seems to be the solution, not sure it
will work.  The issue here is the only way I can access my remote box
in single user mode is via telnetting to a termserv I have setup that
connects to the FBSD servers serial port.  Problem of course being that
to log on to FBSD in single user mode I have to provide the root
password in the clear.

What I would like to do is force single user root logon to use OPIE (or
even better, just single user root, NOT multiuser root or via su)

Prob is I can't find any syntax that supports this and OPIE seems only
for access via the network (man opieaccess) .. not actually console or
physical server access.  Ideas?

-Peter

Peter Thoenen <eol1@yahoo.com> writes:
> What I would like to do is force single user root logon to use OPIE (or
> even better, just single user root, NOT multiuser root or via su)
You can't; the password prompt for single user mode is implemented in
init and is not configurable.

Besides, OPIE needs write access to the key file to work properly.

DES
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