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>> I should not have been, but I was surprised when I could remotely log >> in as root. I would like to disable this so remote users would have to >> log on under their account and then su to do anything as root. In Solaris >> we put a line CONSOLE=/dev/console in the file /etc/default/login. I >> could not find a similar place on my Linux host. Is there one? I think you should have a look at /etc/securetty (list "devices" onto which you can log as root - usually should only contain /dev/tty13 ;) ). Regarding su, /etc/ttys limits the ports one can use to "su". Hope this helps, Stephane *** Subcription/unsubscription/info requests: send e-mail with subject of "subscribe", "unsubscribe", or "info" to discuss-request at blu.org
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