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From: lindner@cs.umn.edu (Paul Lindner)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix
Subject: Re: Restricting root logins?
Message-ID: <1990Nov16.173814.12772@cs.umn.edu>
Date: 16 Nov 90 17:38:14 GMT
References: <102261@cc.utah.edu>
Organization: University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, CSci dept.
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In <102261@cc.utah.edu> JJDAVIS@cc.utah.edu writes:

>I'd like to restrict root logins on our 530 to the console.
>On a Sun system, I'd edit the /etc/ttytab:

>How do I get this effect in AIX (3.1, July updates)?

Go into our friend and nemesis SMIT and go
   Users
      Change / Show Characteristics of a User
           User NAME [root]

You can change the valid ttys for root and many other things in this
fashion.
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