Re: Re[2]: [cobalt-users] /var removal and root password

[Chuck <nagy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 22 Jun 2000, Mike Vanecek wrote:

> On Wed, 21 Jun 2000 09:24:16 -0600 (MDT), Chuck <nagy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> /snip/
> 
> :>> How does one turn it off on the Qube2?
> :>
> :>in /etc/ssh/sshd_config
> :>
> :>have 
> :>
> :>PermitRootLogin no
> 
> Thanks, now I need to do the same thing for telnet. I do not understand why
> the GUI only offers NO, Root ONLY, or Root and Users. Seems to me it would
> have been more secure to offer Users ONLY.

Check /etc/securetty: only ttyX (where X is a digit) entries should be
there. 

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