Preventing users from loggin into a unix box

From: Bill Gunshannon <bill_at_cs.scranton.edu>
Date: Thu Apr 19 16:17:48 2001

On Thu, 19 Apr 2001 healyzh_at_aracnet.com wrote:

> > > I have a Solaris 2.6 Ultra-10 at work and I want to prevent users from logging into my machine. I dont want
> > > to run in single-user mode. Is there a way to disable rlogin or telnet over to my machine?
> >
> > Edit /etc/inetd.conf and comment out the shell, login, exec, telnet and ftp
> > lines. As a matter of fact, comment everything else out as well.
> >
> > Eric
>
> Comment everything out and the question becomes, is the box still usable?
>
> Also it may be desirable to leave either telnet or ssh running, but move
> them to a non-standard port. That way he can access his own system
> remotely.
>

maybe I'm just being dense, but wouldn't the easiest solution be to just
not give others accounts on your box??

bill

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