> On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 9:40 AM, Mike Burger <mburger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > wrote: >> >>> Mike Burger wrote: >>> >>>>> What is the point of removing the System Consoles? >>>> >>>> Other than securing the system's keyboard/console from unintended >>>> login >>>> attempts? >>> >>> What exactly does this mean? >>> How does one make a login attempt without intending to? >> >> Sorry...allow me to be more clear: >> >> It would prevent attempts to access the system, at the console, by >> unauthorized persons who might otherwise have physical access to the >> box, >> but were not intended, by the system administrator, to actually have >> access to login to the system. >> >> I'm not saying I agree with it...just that I understand the thinking >> behind the question. >> > > I thought thats what passwords were for? Passwords *can* be cracked/hacked/obtained by unscrupulous individuals. -- Mike Burger http://www.bubbanfriends.org Visit the Dog Pound II BBS telnet://dogpound2.citadel.org or http://dogpound2.citadel.org To be notified of updates to the web site, visit: https://www.bubbanfriends.org/mailman/listinfo/site-update or send a blank email message to: site-update-subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
