Removing System Consoles from Fedora

[Mike Burger]

> On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 9:40 AM, Mike Burger <mburger at bubbanfriends.org>
> 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.

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