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# 1  
Old 03-11-2008
Security of root access
Hi,

The security auditor give a this statement , what to do ?

On my solaris system (S10)

"The User ID "root" should not be used on the system - the su and
the priviledged account should be used from each administrator for
accountability purposes"

What to do ?
# 2  
Old 03-11-2008
Usually, the basic way to do this is to set the console line in /etc/default/login, and to set the ssh PermitRootLogin variable to "no"
# 3  
Old 03-11-2008
Quote:
Originally Posted by falcon16
"The User ID "root" should not be used on the system

Is that what the auditor said verbatum? He he..
# 4  
Old 03-11-2008
Quote:
Originally Posted by System Shock
Is that what the auditor said verbatum? He he..
I guess Username "0" is forbidden too ...
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