From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jan 12 13:15:44 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id NAA22353 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 12 Jan 1997 13:15:44 -0800 (PST) Received: from dumbo.hh.kew.com (root@dumbo.hh.kew.com [192.195.203.133]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id NAA22343 for ; Sun, 12 Jan 1997 13:15:40 -0800 (PST) Received: from sonata (sonata.hh.kew.com [192.195.203.135]) by dumbo.hh.kew.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id QAA24180; Sun, 12 Jan 1997 16:15:29 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <32D9546F.3D7C@kew.com> Date: Sun, 12 Jan 1997 16:15:27 -0500 From: Drew Derbyshire Organization: Kendra Electronic Wonderworks X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (WinNT; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Harlan Stenn CC: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why aren't the ptys in /etc/ttys secure by default? References: <19666.852634465@mumps.pfcs.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Harlan Stenn wrote: > Does this seem like "enough" security to keep the pty's secure? Without > secure ptys, it's not possible to log in as root from an xterm. I always try to avoid being root longer than needed. I would not enable them as secure, since as another pointed out, you can/should login as another user in the wheel group and then su to root. -- Internet: ahd@kew.com Voice: 617-279-9810 "You look good in black leather . . ." -ahd-, out of context