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Re: Limiting SU



* iain d broadfoot <ibroadfo@cis.strath.ac.uk> [2002-12-31 12:28]:

> * Andrew Pritchard (andrew@teppic.co.uk) wrote:
>
> > I can just see some jokers trying to guess the root password. I
> > realise this will come out in the logs, but I don't want them even
> > able to try.
>
>
> why not? there's always a way to login as root, whether by ssh'ing
> or just trying at the login prompt - su is just a convenience.

well, I assume you disallowed the ssh-login for root?

wbr,
Lukas
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