RE: [cobalt-users] Disallowing remote root login

[<rpaiz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> > I've issued the following commands:
> >
> > gpasswd -a xxxxx wheel
> > gpasswd -a yyyyy wheel
> > gpasswd -a zzzzz wheel
>
> Rodolfo...is this a BSD system by chance??

Er, no. RedHat-7, which I'm doing first. The moment I'm comfortable with
this one, I'm moving over and doing the same thing to my Qube which I
have *assumed* will operate on the same basis. It's just that I don't
futz with the Qube unless I absolutely have to since at the moment
that's my primary server.

Why? Does your server not have this? The alternate method, of course, it
to edit the /etc/group file and simply add the names (comma separated,
no spaces) to the wheel group line. It's just that reading the man pages
gave me the distinct impression that this command was better since it
would also update shadow information properly.

Remember, I only have a Qube2, not a RaQ. But I'm trying to learn how to
do everything in both the Cobalt-way and the RedHat-way, so that I
really learn what it's all about rather than just following
instructions.

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Rodolfo J. Paiz
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