NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #19/NN_1992_19.iso/spool/comp/sys/sun/admin/6020

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From: [e-mail] (Bernard Silver)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.admin
Subject: Re: /etc/ttytab
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Date: 1 Sep 92 18:14:09 GMT
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Organization: GTE Laboratories Incorporated
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In-reply-to: [e-mail]'s message of 1 Sep 92 15:14:37 GMT

In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Michael Henderson) writes:

   When I remove the secure entry from the console line in the ttytab file, or
   change secure to insecure, the workstation requires a password when
   booting single user. This is what I want it to do, but this also causes
   root logins on the console not to be allowed. Is there a way to have a
   password required upon a single user boot, but still allow root login
   on the console when up muli-user?

You could set security-mode=command in the eeprom (on sparcstations
anyway).  You then need to supply a PROM password for any command
at the prom except for straight booting.  If a person attempts to
boot single user, they will need to supply the PROM password.  Then
you can leave the "secure" entry for console in /etc/ttytab and
root logins will be allowed.


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