RE: [Cooker] paranoia mode

[Geoffrey Lee]

if you don't like that ermake your securetty in /etc to


tty1
tty2
tty3
[...]


etc for those you want root access



cu Geoff



>
> On Tue, Jun 20, 2000 at 06:57:00PM -0700, Lorne Shantz wrote:
> > I'm not sure if this is a feature or a bug. ?? Installed 7.1 via expert
> > mode, and selected paranoia mode. set a 10 digit password, set up a user
> > and selected the same 10 digit password. Upon reboot, I can't gain
> > access to the server as root. I did get logged on as the user but of
> > course can't do a darned thing.
>
> Yes, this is a feature.  Log on as a user and su to root.  Experienced
> people say that you should never log on as root.  IMHO this is a bit
> paranoid; as long as you stay logged in for the bare minimum it isn't a
> problem.  Of course, a) the whole point of that level is to *be*
> paranoid, and
> b) I'm not a sysadmin (ie person paid to be paranoid).
>
> HTH  :)
>
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