I have RedHat and I've seen this starting with 5.1 to 7.1...i first read about it in a Naba Barkakati book "RedHat Linux Secrets" i guess. This is the way it should be.What if somebody hacks you and change your root password? ...What you can do is disable LILO so it won't ask for the OS/image you want to boot.

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