[ltp] Hard disk password & linux

[Martin Eslon]

There is a faint memory in my corrupted brain somewhere that thinkpads take=
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only 7 character  passwords, but they let you enter longer ones eg you=20
enter 10 character password, confirm it, reboot, type in your 10 characters=
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and get error on eight' character while typing. That can be quite a=20
heartstopper... I'm not quite sure on this info, but.... just in case.

BTW. since i used to work quite a lot with hardware i had to change boards=
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on harddrives couple of times - it's not that hard. so if the psw is in the=
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board that's on the back of the hdd it's quite easy to bypass the psw with=
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screwdriver and a second hdd (or just a board). but if the psw is in the=20
chip in thinkpad i could just put the hdd in another computer and if it=20
still want's a password (beacuse it does'nt know the psw but expects one -=
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like a public/private key encryption deal) i could also switch hdd board. i=
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don't get it ... yet (i hope).

At 09:06 18.05.2005, you wrote:
>Thanks!
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>>Just don't forget the password! -> ...vital interest, isn=B4t it?
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>Flori
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>>You can set it any time you want, it has nothing to do with the OS you=20
>>have installed.  Just don't forget the password!
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>>wes
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