From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Apr 24 06:51:44 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id GAA07038 for hackers-outgoing; Thu, 24 Apr 1997 06:51:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id GAA07031 for ; Thu, 24 Apr 1997 06:51:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.5/8.7.3) id XAA27716; Thu, 24 Apr 1997 23:21:20 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199704241351.XAA27716@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: Best way to hook into user logins / logouts ? In-Reply-To: <199704240953.TAA05443@labs.usn.blaze.net.au> from David Nugent at "Apr 24, 97 07:53:41 pm" To: davidn@labs.usn.blaze.net.au (David Nugent) Date: Thu, 24 Apr 1997 23:21:19 +0930 (CST) Cc: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, abelits@phobos.illtel.denver.co.us, adrian@staff.psinet.net.au, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk David Nugent stands accused of saying: > > Can you suggest a means of starting a session that doesn't involve : > > > > getty > > telnetd > > rlogind/rshd/sshd/etc. > > xdm > > Personally, I think you're confusing "login" (gaining direct > access to a system, or opening and entering a door) with > "authentication" (the locks we put on the doors). > > But, as I said, it all depends on how you define things. Not really. I'm attempting to determine where the door(s) are so that I can put locks on them. > David Nugent - Unique Computing Pty Ltd - Melbourne, Australia -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[