On Wednesday 20 April 2005 04:49 pm, Robert Spangler wrote: > On Tuesday 19 April 2005 01:25, Ankush Grover wrote: > > I want that whoever tries to use either su - for any user and anybody > > tring to use root password has to enter that password twice. > > If you are worried about some unauthorized person gaining access to su then > why not make users that are allowed to use su part of the wheel group and > only allow the wheel group to use su? > > > -- > > Regards > Robert > > Smile... it increases your face value! Along with limiting access to the wheel group. - - - If you were to do this, lets say for a high security system, I would think it better to have a user enter their password and then roots. This would kill any robodic system now in use (satin, saint, etc) and would verify that this is the perported user 'su-ing'. This would also lengthen the brute force time of guessing passwords. -- John H Ludwig
