Bryan Phinney wrote:
Yes, I understand the concept of not allowing root login and why, I just don't
think that it applies to console logins. Having a standard account
accessible remotely eases the barrier for someone to brute force hack the
box, however, that usually doesn't apply to console s
Well, the reason for preventing direct root logins is following thing.
You always can log which user account was spoofed to gain access and
then a the root account has to be hacked. So this means two barriers.
However, I am not an expert about security. I just read that on the same
page, once be
Direct root Login yes yes yes no no
I have read that page before and was right in saying root is generally
not able to login
and I asked for help with the logfile not with permissions.
However, first, this is not the behaviour it should be and second the
origi
On Monday 22 March 2004 10:35 pm, fengler wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I just installed Mandrake 10 community edition.
> Now I got the following problem:
>
> I installed with mode Paranoid so root should be generally unable to login
> XSession or console.
>
Perhaps this document will help you understand how ms
On Monday 22 March 2004 10:35 pm, fengler wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I just installed Mandrake 10 community edition.
> Now I got the following problem:
>
> I installed with mode Paranoid so root should be generally unable to login
> XSession or console.
I don't think that paranoid level prevents root login
Hi,
I just installed Mandrake 10 community edition.
Now I got the following problem:
I installed with mode Paranoid so root should be generally unable to login
XSession or console.
However, on console F1-F6 this works and is fine. But when I try to login at
mdkkdm as a normal user, screen turn
Budi Setiaji wrote:
>
> I have installed Mandrake 5.3 from Linuxberg but I cannot login, after type
> root as login, the system not ask me for type password, allways ask me for
> type login, why ?
It's happening when you use 'root' as the login? Not good. Easy to fix
though.
Login as root.
T
I have installed Mandrake 5.3 from Linuxberg but I cannot login, after type
root as login, the system not ask me for type password, allways ask me for
type login, why ?
Thank you
