[mythtv-users] Forgot password; Choose door A, B or C?

[Gabe Rubin]

On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 10:12 AM, Leif Pihl <leif at pihl.us> wrote:

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> On Apr 24, 2014, at 12:06 PM, Devin Heitmueller wrote:
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> > On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 1:03 PM, Leif Pihl <leif at pihl.us> wrote:
> >> That sounds too easy.
> >> If that was true, then every machine that one could physically get
> one's hands on would be a security risk.
> >> Is there some sort of a "catch" that I don't understand?
> >
> > Correct.  Physical access means total access.
>
>
> Ugh!
> ==Prompt the dramatic movie theme music here.==
>
> I never knew about that weakness.
>
> Is there SOME sort of a patch to fix this (or un-fix it, as the case may
> be) for those machines that are out in the public for anyone to access?
>
>
I think the patch to fix is physical locks around the machine so you cannot
plug a keyboard or USB device into it and psychically access the machine
(or lock it in a secure room).  But as others have noted, once you have
physical access, you can root a machine.
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