Date: Fri, 11 May 2001 07:59:55 -0400 From: Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net> To: Gabor Zahemszky <ZGabor@CoDe.hu>, freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: preventing direct root login on telnetd Message-ID: <4.2.2.20010511075808.023ee200@192.168.0.12> In-Reply-To: <20010511071947.C264@zg.CoDe.hu> References: <4.2.2.20010511000303.036916f8@192.168.0.12> <4.2.2.20010511000303.036916f8@192.168.0.12>
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At 07:19 AM 5/11/2001 +0000, Gabor Zahemszky wrote: >On Fri, May 11, 2001 at 12:09:09AM -0400, Mike Tancsa wrote: > > > > Is there a way to prevent root from logging in directly on STABLE via > telnet ? > >Direct root logins are enabled/disabled via /etc/ttys, aren't it? The new telnetd seems to blow by that. >Or maybe via the /etc/login.access file. man login.access >Btw. Don't use telnet, and never login as root. Use `su' instead. Yes, I dont ever use it but customers do to this particular machine. I will take a look at login.access. Do you know if it works, or if telnetd now ignores that as well ? -------------------------------------------------------------------- Mike Tancsa, tel +1 519 651 3400 Network Administration, mike@sentex.net Sentex Communications www.sentex.net Cambridge, Ontario Canada www.sentex.net/mike To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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