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Old 02-16-2015
Why are they all root? I think everyone here agrees that appears to be a terrible idea. Since were are getting nothing back from the OP I have to assume it was an 'oops' on somebody's part and has been corrected.
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Old 02-16-2015
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Originally Posted by jim mcnamara
Why are they all root? I think everyone here agrees that appears to be a terrible idea. Since were are getting nothing back from the OP I have to assume it was an 'oops' on somebody's part and has been corrected.
because it's telnetd, it is started from inetd under the user, which is written in /etc/inetd.conf. Usually (in standard AIX configuration) it is root.
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