On Sun, 9 Jan 2000, Jim B wrote:
> As for why we're using group "root" and not "wheel," there's a little note
> from RMS in the su man page... check it out. (Personally I disagree with
> that thinking on this, but that's where the explanation is.)
Actually it's in the su info page. I thought it
OK thanks for the info... I seem to have /etc/login.access working
now. The problem was as you had indicated... the user I was trying to
restrict was a member of my "root" group so unless I restrict him
explicitly with his own entry in login.access, he can also log in on
tty1. Other users are suc
On 8/1/2000 Jim B wrote:
One other quickie: what's the functional difference between
/etc/login.access and /etc/security/access.conf? When I place
restrictions in the latter, nothing seems to happen, though the files are
in exactly the same format. What then is the purpose of the one in
/etc/s
Sorry for replying to my own post, but I made a little mistake... I don't
have "ROOT" but rather "root" :P
So it shouldn't be a case-sensitivity issue... that was just a typo in my
e-mail to the list. :-\
On Sat, 8 Jan 2000, Jim B wrote:
> # Restrict tty to root (this is what I'm trying to ac
Hi, I have a question pertaining to /etc/login.access. I seem to be a
little confused about exactly how this file is read by login.
The format is straightforward and makes sense but I am trying to restrict
tty1 to root logins and I can't seem to get it just right.
Here's what I have so far. Mos
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