On Tue, Aug 20, 2002 at 12:18:27AM +0200, Moritz Schulte wrote: > Marcus Brinkmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > What about making the console a login shell by default, and on > > remote connections a login prompt? > > I already found that comment in the list archive, but I still don't > get it: why do you still want to make console access so insecure? > What is the advantage? (Beside that fact that such a mechanism > wouln't be consistent).
Well, because if you need a secure console (eg, if the computer is accessible in public), you need to take a lot of extra steps anyway to secure the machine: You need to set a BIOS and GRUB password, for example. So, it would make remote access more secure without inconveniencing the local access. Thanks, Marcus -- `Rhubarb is no Egyptian god.' GNU http://www.gnu.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] Marcus Brinkmann The Hurd http://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.marcus-brinkmann.de/
