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From: sef@kithrup.COM (Sean Eric Fagan)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix
Subject: Re: root restrictions
Message-ID: <1991Jun14.045407.23003@kithrup.COM>
Date: 14 Jun 91 04:54:07 GMT
References: <1991Jun12.180648.27815@bnlux1.bnl.gov> <8439@awdprime.UUCP>
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In article <8439@awdprime.UUCP> shaggy@kleikamp.austin.ibm.com (David J. Kleikamp) writes:
>What good is it to restrict root logins to the console if you do allow other
>users to su to root from other TTY's?

Anyone can log in, and you won't know whom it was.  On the other hand, su
keeps a log (or can; I believe it does under AIX).  True, someone can edit
the log file, but that's less likely.

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