Date: Wed, 17 Jul 1996 17:07:49 -0700 (PDT) From: Jim Dennis <jim@starshine.org> To: root@andrsn.stanford.edu (Charlie ROOT) Cc: jim@starshine.org, celestyte@pb.net, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Free BSD and Security Message-ID: <199607180007.RAA00451@starshine> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.94.960717122919.7621A-100000@andrsn.stanford.edu> from "Charlie ROOT" at Jul 17, 96 12:37:35 pm
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> > > > On Wed, 17 Jul 1996, Jim Dennis wrote: (on security) > > > > > Use vipw to look for unusual accounts (like sync, toor or ruut, > > man, guest). Make sure that their password fields are *'d out. > > > > > > Other questions/suggestions: > > (precede most of these with "Did you"... or "Do you want > > to" > > [list deleted] > > > > Jim Dennis, > > Starshine Technical Services > > > This is really good and last time I looked there wasn't anything like > this in the handbook, not only for "real" system administrators but > for individuals who install FreeBSD (and probably have an Internet > connection of one kind or another) and are in effect their own > (inexperienced) sysadmins. > > Annelise It's one of the things I hope to adapt to HTML for my web pages (www.starshine.org). I'm not much of a programmer -- but I'm working on being a bang up sysadmin. (Then, later, I may branch out -- and I'm not too bad at scripting and CGI work). Jim Dennis, Starshine Technical Services
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