or even http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/docs/msec.php: "Direct root Login" is disabled for Level 4 and 5
raffaele [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Sat, 08 Jun 2002 12:27, et wrote: > >>On Friday 07 June 2002 06:21 pm, you wrote: >> >>>On Fri, 7 Jun 2002 14:46:13 -0700 >>> >>>"Bill Winegarden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>>>Hi, >>>> I rarely ask questions for others but this one has me stumped. My >>>> colleague running LM8.2 has a default (for his hardware) >>>> configuration. He created one user. Then, he went to the security >>>> configuration utility and set it to "high". Now he can't get in >>>> the gui login as root. His user account still works and he can >>>> 'su' in a terminal. This behaviour seems to have started just >>>> after he changed the security setting to high. My research found a >>>> possible solution in the /etc/security/access.conf with a missing >>>> entry like... >>>>-:ALL EXCEPT <list of accounts>:LOCAL >>>> >>>>Am I on the right track here? Has anyone come across this one before? >>>>Newbie archives don't return anything on this. >>>> >>>>tia, >>>>Bill W. >>> >>>My bet is that this is an msec thing. Try another security level. >>> >>>Bill >> >>aboSOluuutly msec,,, "man msec" (with out the quotes, in a text console) >>can be your friend... > > > There's also the "Reference Manual" section 12 which is all about msec. > Hardcopy for anyone with a box set, online for everyone else. Look for the > documents page at MandrakeSoft. MSec can be customised.
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