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- From: henny@accucx.cc.ruu.nl (Henny Bekker)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix
- Subject: Re: non secure root login
- Message-ID: <3497@accucx.cc.ruu.nl>
- Date: 13 Dec 92 20:42:13 GMT
- References: <Bz7pxH.565@dscomsa.desy.de>
- Organization: Academic Computer Centre Utrecht
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- In <Bz7pxH.565@dscomsa.desy.de> sprute@dsf58a.desy.de (Lars Sprute) writes:
-
- Hello Lars,
-
- >I would like to login as root via telnet or LAT, but this, as the error message
- >says, requires a secure terminal. I'd like to circumvent that, but how ?
- >(My machine isn't that important, so I don't like the constraint of a secure
- >terminal.)
- >
- With Ultrix it is possible to have some distriction between "normal", secure
- and su-able terminals..
- For example some time ago I managed some student administration systems at
- the University of Utrecht. On these (C2-enabled Ultrix systems) I created a
- special entry in the /etc/ttys file for one (1) LAT terminal which I enabled
- to use su. (You can also enable root login on it). This port could only be
- used as LAT port (with a terminal-server or a PC with LAT software. This LAT
- port was connected by means of:
- lcp -v <special-unknown-name>:/dev/tty?? \
- -V "Special entry"
- to a special LAT service.
- From my PC or terminal-server I could login on the systsem anb becore root..
-
- Cheers, Henny Bekker
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