On Fri, Sep 14, 2018 at 11:16:56AM +1000, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > Anyone know if it's possible to get xterm (or xfce4-terminal or any > other terminal for that matter) to be a "native/ clean login > terminal", to increase security when running root commands? >
ctrl-alt-F2, login will be on a console terminal running a getty variant in which everything has been handled by root since init. As a bonus, X11 will no longer be able to record your keystrokes since it isn't in the execution path. Similarly, a getty run by root on a serial port will do. -dsr-
