Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 13:49:27 -0700 From: Jim Pirzyk <Jim.Pirzyk@disney.com> To: Doug Barton <Doug@gorean.org>, Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za> Cc: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org, Jim.Pirzyk@disney.com Subject: Re: conf/20847: root login from trusted hosts Message-ID: <00082813501700.05807@snoopy.fan.fa.disney.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0008281322560.70924-100000@24-25-220-168.san.rr.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0008281322560.70924-100000@24-25-220-168.san.rr.com>
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On Mon, 28 Aug 2000, Doug Barton wrote:
> On Mon, 28 Aug 2000, Sheldon Hearn wrote:
>
> > The following reply was made to PR conf/20847; it has been noted by GNATS.
> >
> > From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za>
> > To: Jim Pirzyk <Jim.Pirzyk@disney.com>
> >
> > > The 6th paragraph in the DESCRIPTION section of the man page.
>
> > I think this is a non-issue and that you haven't understood how ttys(5)
> > works, or how the r-utils work. However, since I'm aware that I'm not
> > an expert in this area, I'll leave the PR open for a second opinion.
>
> Controls in /etc/ttys only apply to "things" that use a tty to
> access the machine, where "things" is pretty much restricted to telnet,
> since other "things" like ssh do their own root access controls.
But rlogin does use a tty and in 3.4-R it did prevent root to rlogin
over the network, but now in 4.1-R it does not prevent it. This
has changed....
- JimP
>
> In the case of the r-utils, they do not allocate a tty, and
> therefore, as Sheldon described the behavior you are experiencing is
> expected, and correct. If you don't want that type of root access, disable
> the r-utils altogether and use another tool (which I HIGHLY recommend for
> you in any case).
>
> Good luck,
>
> Doug (Just call me Mr. Second Opinion) Barton
> --
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