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- Path: sparky!uunet!auspex-gw!guy
- From: guy@Auspex.COM (Guy Harris)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.admin
- Subject: Re: Disabling L1-A sequence?
- Message-ID: <15389@auspex-gw.auspex.com>
- Date: 7 Nov 92 19:50:45 GMT
- References: <23694@galaxy.ucr.edu> <1992Nov7.181811.11525@grebyn.com>
- Sender: news@auspex-gw.auspex.com
- Organization: Auspex Systems, Santa Clara
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- >There is a file in /etc, either /etc/ttys or /etc/ttytab (I use both
- >SunOS and Ultrix machines, and I can't currently remember which is
- >which). The first line in the file should contain the word "console".
- >There will be the word "secure" on that same line.
-
- In SunOS 4.x, it's "/etc/ttytab" (for binary-compatibility reasons),
- but...
-
- >I think that if you delete the word "secure", L1-A will be disabled.
-
- ...note that it doesn't completely *disable* L1-A, it just means that if
- you try to come up single-user on the console, it'll ask you for the
- root password.
-
- If you truly want to completely disable L1-A, check out the FAQ; it has
- an item on that.
-