On Wed, 2006-02-15 at 11:51 -0500, Brutzman, Bill wrote: > I want to beef up security on our old HP-Ux v10.01 running UV v8.3.3. > > I am inclined to delete the following user.ids as they may be infidels... > > adm bin daemon lp nuucp sys uucp > > Suggestions would be appreciated. >
Afraid of wolves in sheep's clothing, eh? Be careful not to shoot the pseudo-sheep that keep your system running. Research why these pseudo-user accounts were created and what they might be used for. Check now and see if there are any important processes running under the daemon user id, for example. Also, research alternative strategies like setting these accounts with locked passwords and nologin shells. Will this give you the security you need? These accounts are probably already configured this way. And read this: http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,5984447~reverse=0;days=10;root=unixdsl;mode=full Thanks, Mike Doyle Unix Administrator / Developer AMO Recoveries ------- u2-users mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
