Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!mailrus!ames!haven!adm!smoke!gwyn
From: gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn )
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Security problem with local root user on SUN workstations
Message-ID: <8903@smoke.BRL.MIL>
Date: 15 Nov 88 21:17:21 GMT
References: <3228@versatc.UUCP>
Reply-To: gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB) <gwyn>)
Organization: Ballistic Research Lab (BRL), APG, MD.
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In article <3228@versatc.UUCP> tran@versatc.UUCP (Tony Tran) writes:
> Since I cannot keep track of all local root users in the SUN NFS
> environment, how can I get around this serious problem ?

Our solution was:  Don't use the Yellow Pages.

Actually there are other security problems with random superusers on
Suns on a local net.