| Subject | Re: Linux login security approaches | Date | Mon, 07 Dec 1998 18:28:42 -0500 | From | "Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH" <> |
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In message <19981207144143.A19454@knt.terra.vein.hu>, Lenart Gabor writes: +----- | I mentioned that Linux has got a weak point : every user can write a fake | login program and even the system administrator can think that it's mgetty | and type the root password :( This kind of Trojan programs can be preceded. | We should define a key combination which is unmaskable by ANY process, and +--->8
man setserial Take a look at the "sak" option.
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