Nicolas Williams wrote: > On Tue, Jul 01, 2008 at 08:09:46AM -0700, Gary Winiger wrote: >> Proposal: >> ======== >> Add a "solaris.system.maintenance" authorization. Modify sulogin(1M) to >> prompt for a username and password. [...] > > But only if root is a no login account, right?
That isn't how I read it. I read that it would always be the new way. > Otherwise this could create problems (first, there's the surprise > factor, second people have expect scripted around sulogin's existing > prompt -- even if the prompt is not an interface, it's been stable for a > long time). I think the surprise is fine for a Micro but not patch release. The project team has already said there is no intent to patch this into S10. -- Darren J Moffat
