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Article #22Re: Marking the console "unsecure"?
From: Marcus J. "Will do TCP/IP for cl...
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1992 02:24
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1992 02:24
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>If I mark the console as non-secure in the /etc/tty file (i.e., >take out the word security) that > will stop the machine going to single user mode > at shutdown or coming up to it by a 'b/2' from the >>> prompt > WITHOUT asking for the root password? No. > Stop root logining at the console? Yes. mjr. -- You can't fix stupidity with software. You can't fix stupidity with laws, either. -notebooks of a heretic
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!charon.amdahl.com!pacbell.com!network.ucsd.edu!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!saimiri.primate.wisc.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!usenet.coe.montana.edu!decwrl!deccrl!news.crl.dec.com!pa.dec.com!decuac!hussar.dco.dec.com!mjr From: mjr@hussar.dco.dec.com (Marcus J. "Will do TCP/IP for clues" Ranum) Subject: Re: Marking the console "unsecure"? Message-ID: <1992Oct29.022444.6954@decuac.dec.com> Sender: news@decuac.dec.com (USENET News System) Nntp-Posting-Host: hussar.dco.dec.com Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation, Washington ULTRIX Resource Center References: <1992Oct28.225621.6076@ccu1.aukuni.ac.nz> Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1992 02:24:44 GMT Lines: 18