On Wed, 21 Aug 1996, Joshua Krage wrote:
...
> In response to another message in this thread, all of the major
> commercial UNIXen (AIX, Solaris, Ultrix, HPUX) allow direct root

Incorrect point.  The default under Solaris is to not allow root logins.
You have to be on the system's console, or su to get root.

This can be changed by editting /etc/default/login

Greg

> logins by default.  But most of them do have ways of preventing the
> same.  /etc/ttys is one method, AIX's extended security setup is
> another.
>
> Paranoia is a required skill for success for systems and network folk.
> The moment you stop being paranoid is the moment they get you. :)
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