** Reply to message from Eric Aksomitis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Tue, 06 Jun 2000
18:44:56 -0600
> One question: How is it more secure to log in as a user and su to root,
> as opposed to allowing direct root access? The only thing I can see is
> that your root password will be buried in the middle of a bunch of
> packets, as opposed to being obviously spotted?
It's not really more secure, but if you are logging user connects, seeing "su
opened for user" will be a bit more informative than "login by root on ttyxyz".
Otherwise, unless you are using ssh, it's not.
John LeMay Jr.
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