Permit root login for telnet..

[Margaret Doll]

Why take a chance with telnet when you don't have to?

On Aug 30, 2006, at 6:23 PM, Shekhar Dhotre wrote:

>>>> until someone broke
>
>  So there are unix guys who are better than Unix admins in your shop ?
> or was it programmer ?  You can easily trace that out -who logged  
> in by
> IP -DHCP etc.. we do it all the time ..
> If someone here even logs into co-workers machine without his  
> permission
> that's against company policy - HR disciplinary action - gets fired.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Bill Tangren
> Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2006 5:27 PM
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> Subject: Re: Permit root login for telnet..
>
> Shekhar Dhotre wrote:
>> OK , no one has access to network room here than Coms guys . Even I
>> cannot go in as I am in Unix/Storages group. Our comm. guys are not
>> interested in checking our passwords.
>>
>> Also they have access to most of the prod switches, so they are
> trusted
>> by the business. Again not a risk .
>>
>>
>
> That's what some of us here thought too... until someone broke in  
> to one
> of our
> computers, put the network card in promiscuous mode, started a  
> password
> sniffer,
> and then got the root passwords for dozens of boxes.
>
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