Hi! August,   
      
   In a message to All you wrote:   
      
      
    AA> Can a linux (ubuntu) hdd that is pw-protected (login pw only) be read   
    AA> as an external hdd on another pc (either windows or linux)?  Or...   
    AA> does the login pw adequately protect access to the contents?   
      
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   Any user with equal to [insert user name]'s access rights or better can access   
   the contents of the HDD.   
      
   The whole notion of your question has turned my grey matter into threads of   
   spaghetti-like mash and produced a headache of magnanimous proportions...   
      
   Look, would it help if I volunteered the story of my having once booted a   
   State Police PC with my Puppy linux USB stick, giving the ability to read   
   -every- file on the HDD (admittedly only a WinXP-Pro)?  THe same would be true   
   of any linux PC and a rescue CD, and any variation in between, etc, etc... ad   
   infinitum.  However, can Windows-anything read a linux partition?   
      
   Oh, the pain...   
      
   Cheers,   
   Paul.   
      
   --- Radius 4.010/21.01.2005(Final)   
    * Origin: You're twisted and sick, I like that in a person. (3:640/384)