Preventing users from loggin into a unix box

From: Ram Meenakshisundaram <rmeenaks_at_olf.com>
Date: Fri Apr 20 09:00:13 2001

Bill Gunshannon wrote:

> 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.
>

Yes, I just realized that, but this is not a server machine, but my local
desktop
machine. I use this 95% of the time developing software (the other 5% I use my

SunPCI x86 card for Windoze emulation or my laptop), so disabling inetd for
telnets
and rlogins is not a problem. I dont need to telnet or rlogin over to my
machine.
Thanks for all the suggestions...

Ram

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