what is SSUM?

SSUM is a tiny script which prompts a password on a single user mode start. this is useful when you want to avoid unauthorized access on your mac.

information: this script does not prevent a boot from a disk, it only secures single user mode with a user defined password!

secure also shell logins

if mode is set to all SSUM will prompt your previously defined password as soon as a login as root succeeded.

requirements

you'll need root access, mac osx 10.6+ and the curl extension installed.

install SSUM

first, log into your root account:

$ login root

then, download the latest SSUM setup.

$ rm -f install.sh && curl -so install.sh https://raw.github.com/marco-a/SSUM/master/install.sh

set chmod and run the setup.

$ chmod +x install.sh && ./install.sh

then just follow the instructions on the setup. and you're done.