Re: Giving a user root access

H. Peter Anvin (hpa@transmeta.com)
13 Aug 1998 22:21:48 GMT

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By author: "Mike A. Harris" <mharris@ican.net>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
> >
> > using rsh/rlogin the user can rsh or rlogin as the root user locally
>
> rsh/rlogin are IMHO major security holes in a system. I would
> never run rlogind/rshd on a networked system unless it was a
> totally trusted private network. Even then, ssh is much better
> of a shell as it provides security and encryption.
>

Not to mention the fact that it actually sets up your session
properly, which rsh never did.

-hpa

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Previous message: Mike A. Harris: "Re: CHALLENGE!!! =)"
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