Date: Sat, 9 Nov 1996 06:08:53 -0800 (PST) From: jadeite <jadeite@light.pomona.edu> To: Christoph Kukulies <kuku@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de> Cc: freebsd-questions@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: su vs. secure tty Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95.961109060421.1263A-100000@light.pomona.edu> In-Reply-To: <199611090857.JAA11718@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de>
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well... for one thing su is more secure because only those in group wheel can use the command. gid must = 0 if you get the Kerberos security package along with your distribution, su automatically tries to do Kerberos authentification. when you su, you keep the environment vars, alias, etc. of the unprivileged user i'm sure there are other features that distinguish the two methods but i can't think of them right now On Sat, 9 Nov 1996, Christoph Kukulies wrote: > > What is the exact reason to prefer using su over telnetting into > the root account? > > Wouldn't password snoopers get unencrypted passwords anyway? > > In what else respect is a secure pty prone to attacks? > > > --Chris Christoph P. U. Kukulies kuku@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de >
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