Summary: Remove /dev/console from /etc/securettys

From: Kevin Jones <Kevin.Jones_at_compelsolve.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2001 18:05:55 +0100

 Apologies for the delay in responding. The general concensus was that this
would not be a very good idea.


Several people pointed out that in many circumstances this would render the
system unusable for instance if there was a NIS failure or someone touched
/etc/nologin then there would no access to the systems.

Thanks for all the responses, needless to say, /dev/console is staying in
/etc/securettys

Regards

Kevin Jones

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Kevin Jones
To: 'tru64-unix-managers_at_ornl.gov'
Sent: 8/23/2001 4:50 PM
Subject: Remove /dev/console from /etc/securettys

Managers

Due to a customer security requirement we have been asked to remove root
logins from all terminals including the console - hence we have removed
/dev/console from /etc/securettys

Can anyone think of any implications from doing this ?

Regards

Kevin Jones



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