(fwd) disabling remote console

[Christoph Doerbeck]

> >>      I should not have been, but I was surprised when I could remotely log
> >> in as root.  I would like to disable this so remote users would have to
> >> log on under their account and then su to do anything as root.  In Solaris
> >> we put a line CONSOLE=/dev/console in the file /etc/default/login.  I
> >> could not find a similar place on my Linux host.  Is there one?
> 
> I think you should have a look at /etc/securetty (list "devices" onto which
> you can log as root - usually should only contain /dev/tty13 ;) ).
> Regarding su, /etc/ttys limits the ports one can use to "su".
> 

Also have a look at PAM, if your're running RedHat >= 4.2

You'll probably want something like this in /etc/pam.d/login as the first
line:

auth	required	/lib/security/apm_securetty.so


This is really spooky...  I think I'm finally starting to understand
the PAM configuration process.  Time from another LinuxSoup topic...

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