On 17 Apr 2002 at 13:16, Philip S Tellis wrote:

> Basically, any administrative tasks and only administrative tasks that 
> actually require root access should be done as this other user.
> 
> Now, you should never use the root account.  That way, you can place an 
> alarm on root logins, so if anyone tries to login as root, you know that 
> there's an attack in progress.

Sounds like renaming su to something else so nobody can call it. OK fine but 
doesn't serve any purpose. You can easily strip log to get invalid/illegal 
attempts. Besides a secure system is secure, whether or not somebody tries to 
login as root.

Better not go for a step that is unnecessary and requiers some maintenance..

 Shridhar

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