Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2001 14:20:43 -0400 From: dochawk@psu.edu To: "Hartmann, O." <ohartman@klima.physik.uni-mainz.de> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: root login prevention from X11 Message-ID: <200109111820.f8BIKh350922@fac13.ds.psu.edu> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 11 Sep 2001 19:27:53 %2B0200." <20010911192434.U23258-100000@klima.physik.uni-mainz.de>
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O offered, > Apart from using kdm, we want to prevent root logins from over > X11 clients (remote logins). Login prevention for telnet and > ssh is either done by /etc/login.access, /etc/login.conf and /etc/ssh/sshd_config, > but the X11-login procedure seems to walk thriugh other paths > offering a login session. > Can anyone tell me how to disallow root logins from remote systems > via X11/chooser login? /etc/ttys specifies which consoles are secure (allowing root login), and which are not. If you have a line to the effect, ttyv8 "/usr/X11R6/bin/xdm -nodaemon" xterm on secure I believe turning it to "insecure" wll help hawk -- Prof. Richard E. Hawkins, Esq. /"\ ASCII ribbon campaign dochawk@psu.edu Smeal 178 (814) 375-4700 \ / against HTML mail These opinions will not be those of X and postings Penn State until it pays my retainer. / \ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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