>>> On Wed, Aug 22, 2007 at 1:19 PM, in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Bruce Hayden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The point is that sulogin *is* called from multiple places, so if > you're going to get rid of the root password (Rob's point) you either > get to modify all the places that invoke sulogin (I find 3 scripts in > /etc/init.d, plus /etc/inittab, and there could be more) or you modify > /sbin/sulogin. In either case, you have "local mods" to maintain, > which has its drawbacks, of course..
If you did it with RPM, then that would be a different matter. I don't think that's what you meant, though. Doing it without RPM is just a Bad Idea. Sort of like putting on superzaps outside of SMP/E, etc. Mark Post ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
