Opened 4 years ago
Last modified 4 years ago
#16343 new bug
Password option to turn on the system
| Reported by: | bitigchi | Owned by: | stippi |
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| Priority: | normal | Milestone: | Unscheduled |
| Component: | User Interface | Version: | R1/beta2 |
| Keywords: | Cc: | ||
| Blocked By: | Blocking: | ||
| Platform: | All |
Description
It may be desired to have a password option to turn on the system. Although Haiku is single user, people may want to use a password to protect their data.
BIOS password is an option, but it would be a nicer touch to have it OS-level.
Change History (2)
comment:1 by , 4 years ago
comment:2 by , 4 years ago
I think login password would do okay as stopgap right now. I don't think it's in the roadmap to have whole-disk encryption for R1. To me, login password seems imperative for R1 though.
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I agree, even if Haiku remains single-user, having a method of preventing unauthorized access to the system would be ideal.
However, I think a simple password would not really provide much real security. Rather than spending the effort on just a password alone, I think something like this should be implemented along with whole-disk or home directory encryption.