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An indirect way to secure the root account is to secure your staff accounts |
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An indirect way to secure the root account is to secure your staff accounts |
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by using an alternative login access method and *'ing out the crypted password |
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by using an alternative login access method and *'ing out the crypted password |
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for the staff accounts. This way an intruder may be able to steal the password |
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for the staff accounts. This way an intruder may be able to steal the password |
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file but will not be able to break into any staff accounts (or, indirectly, |
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file but will not be able to break into any staff accounts or root, even if |
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root, even if root has a crypted password associated with it). Staff members |
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root has a crypted password associated with it (assuming, of course, that |
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you've limited root access to the console). Staff members |
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get into their staff accounts through a secure login mechanism such as |
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get into their staff accounts through a secure login mechanism such as |
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.Xr kerberos 1 |
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.Xr kerberos 1 |
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