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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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or
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or

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