On Thu, 17 Jul 2003, Marcy Cortes wrote: > On SLES 8, > > /etc/securetty contains ttyS0 > > > but root is still allowed to login (via ssh port 22) > (telnet server has been removed). > > We would like to disable root from being able to login > anywhere but the console. su'ing to root is ok, but > security doesn't want root to be able to logon. > > How do I do this in SLES 8. I accomplished it somehow > in SLES 7, but can't seem to figure it out in 8.
Do you actually have a /dev/ttyS0? Ordinarily, it's a serial port to which one might attach a modem. -- Cheers John. Join the "Linux Support by Small Businesses" list at http://mail.computerdatasafe.com.au/mailman/listinfo/lssb Copyright John Summerfield. Reproduction prohibited.
