Re: Re:[cobalt-users] Suspending servers

[Rik Thomas <rikt@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Well your best bet is to limit their types of access at the switch level,
with cisco switches you could allow inbound port 25, and disallow
everything else, or a mix of what you want to allow and disallow.  We
generally do it at the switch level.


On Thu, 14 Dec 2000, The Thieving Gypsy wrote:

> 
> > >I need to suspend the server of one of my clients.  The problem is, I
> want
> > >to leave them with limited access - simply unplugging the server would
> cause
> > >all sorts of bother over lost emails, etc. I plan on stopping the httpd
> and
> > >admserv daemons, and then suspending their telnet accounts, but am not
> quite
> > >sure whta th implications are...  My client has access to the admin
> password
> > >(and therefore the root) account, but I have set up another root account
> for
> > >my use.  My question is, which of the clients accounts should I suspend -
> > >the admin account, or the root account?  What would the implications be
> of
> > >suspending the admin account if, for example the server crashed?  Also,
> > >could suspending the root account have nasty repercussions?

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