Removing System Consoles from Fedora

Andrew Parker andrewparker at bigfoot.com
Tue Sep 16 12:51:31 UTC 2008


On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 8:28 AM, Mike Burger <mburger at bubbanfriends.org> wrote:
>
>> 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.

How is that different when logging on to a X session?




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