I'm going to have to disagree with that. I need my operators to be able to access the console, however, I don't want them having root access . . . some of them like to experiment. Ok, some sysadmins like to also . . . perhaps not a good example :)
but you get the idea. > -----Original Message----- > From: Dennis Wicks [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, October 31, 2003 4:08 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Question: setting up SuSE SLES7 to automatically > be logged > o n as root during boot up ..... > > > Greetings; > > I have been following this discussion sporadically and > it appears to me to be partly much ado about nothing. > > Many people on this list have only recently become aware of > VM and don't really understand how things work. > > The concern about leaving root logged on is really pretty > much unjustified. On VM when you disconnect you have to either > know the password for the user or have LOGONBY priviledges in > the VM directory to reconnect, or be a class A or C user > and have the SCIF EXEC available. > > Now, if you have a lot of VM users that satisfy one or > more of the above requirements I think you have way bigger > security problems right now than you could possibly be > exposed to by leaving root logged on and disconnecting > the linux console! > > Good Luck! > Dennis > > > > > "Post, Mark K" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > com> cc: > Sent by: Linux Subject: Re: > Question: setting up SuSE SLES7 to automatically be logged o > n as root > on 390 Port during boot up ..... > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > ARIST.EDU> > > > 10/30/2003 > 03:15 PM > Please respond > to Linux on 390 > Port > > > > > > > A lot of the objections are being made because the assumption > that you need > the root password to shut down is incorrect. Bootshell, the Signal > Shutdown > facility, etc., obviate the need for that. > > For automation, I would find some other method of getting > commands to a > system. I don't ever leave any of my systems logged on when > I disconnect > from the console. > > > Mark Post > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rob van der Heij [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2003 5:05 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Question: setting up SuSE SLES7 to automatically > be logged > on as root during boot up ..... > > > On Wed, 2003-10-29 at 20:53, James Melin wrote: > > Aside from being EXCEPTIONALLY dangerous, why do you want this? > > -snip- > > While the obvious reason for doing this is the automation that runs on > that virtual console, another good reason imho is that > systems staff do > not need to find a root password when system administration is done by > others. > > Rob >
