On Wed, 22 Sep 1999, Joseph S. Gardner wrote:
> Some of the other OS's I've worked with (VMS - shudder) allow the
> administrator to require 2 passwords to access the admin. account. It
> was very handy to be able to prevent outside forces from guessing logins
> - in the event of a "break in" the hack didn't already have half of the
> login sequence.
>
> Is there something similar in linux?
Sure - you cannot telnet in as root.
To "work" remotely, you need a normal user account and then you can su to
root.
LLaP
bero
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