On Tue, 2002-06-25 at 18:11, Phillip Hofmeister wrote: > *TECHNICALLY* every login is root. Getty runs as root and then gives up root > to the authenticated user once PAM gives the okay...Does this mean the user > can break back into root? If the exit their shell (Ctrl + D, or pick your > choice > of logout method...) then Getty immediately respawns....
No... getty exec's a shell (or a login actually) and when this exits the inetd restarts the getty. :) -- Mark Janssen -- maniac(at)maniac.nl -- GnuPG Key Id: 357D2178 Unix / Linux, Open-Source and Internet Consultant @ SyConOS IT Maniac.nl Unix-God.Net|Org MarkJanssen.org|nl SyConOS.com|nl
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