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From: Marcus Keane <keanem@indigo.ie>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Howto restrict login at the console?
Date: Mon, 28 Apr 1997 19:50:24 +0100
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Hi!
I was just wondering if there was any way of restricting login at the
console. What I'm after is the inverse(so to speak) of putting insecure
on a line in /etc/ttys. That is, I only want root to login at the
console. The machine isn't physically secure at the moment and I don't
want people starting X sessions etc. I can login as root and lock the
screen but I wouldn't trust people not to power cycle the machine when I
wasn't around.
Cheers,
Marcus.
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