On Thu, 19 Apr 2001, Ram Meenakshisundaram wrote:
> Bill Gunshannon wrote:
>
> > maybe I'm just being dense, but wouldn't the easiest solution be to just
> > not give others accounts on your box??
> >
> > bill
> >
>
> Yes that would work, but if you are on a network running NIS (YP),
> with several other users, it wont as NIS maintains the accounts not
> my local machine...
>
If you could do the inetd playing that has also been suggested, I assume
you have root privs. Ergo, add your self as a local user and remove the
NIS magic cookie from the end of your password file.
This is by far less crippling than the other suggestions which not only
keep others out, but you as well.
bill
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Received on Fri Apr 20 2001 - 08:30:35 BST