Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 13:28:16 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug Barton <Doug@gorean.org> To: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za> Cc: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org, Jim.Pirzyk@disney.com Subject: Re: conf/20847: root login from trusted hosts Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0008281322560.70924-100000@24-25-220-168.san.rr.com> In-Reply-To: <200008281600.JAA69698@freefall.freebsd.org>
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On Mon, 28 Aug 2000, Sheldon Hearn wrote:
> The following reply was made to PR conf/20847; it has been noted by GNATS.
>
> From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za>
> To: Jim Pirzyk <Jim.Pirzyk@disney.com>
>
> > The 6th paragraph in the DESCRIPTION section of the man page.
> I think this is a non-issue and that you haven't understood how ttys(5)
> works, or how the r-utils work. However, since I'm aware that I'm not
> an expert in this area, I'll leave the PR open for a second opinion.
Controls in /etc/ttys only apply to "things" that use a tty to
access the machine, where "things" is pretty much restricted to telnet,
since other "things" like ssh do their own root access controls.
In the case of the r-utils, they do not allocate a tty, and
therefore, as Sheldon described the behavior you are experiencing is
expected, and correct. If you don't want that type of root access, disable
the r-utils altogether and use another tool (which I HIGHLY recommend for
you in any case).
Good luck,
Doug (Just call me Mr. Second Opinion) Barton
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