> On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 8:28 AM, Mike Burger <mburger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > wrote: >> >>> On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 9:40 AM, Mike Burger >>> <mburger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Mike Burger wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>> What is the point of removing the System Consoles? >>>>>> >>>>>> Other than securing the system's keyboard/console from unintended >>>>>> login >>>>>> attempts? >>>>> >>>>> What exactly does this mean? >>>>> How does one make a login attempt without intending to? >>>> >>>> Sorry...allow me to be more clear: >>>> >>>> It would prevent attempts to access the system, at the console, by >>>> unauthorized persons who might otherwise have physical access to the >>>> box, >>>> but were not intended, by the system administrator, to actually have >>>> access to login to the system. >>>> >>>> I'm not saying I agree with it...just that I understand the thinking >>>> behind the question. >>>> >>> >>> I thought thats what passwords were for? >> >> Passwords *can* be cracked/hacked/obtained by unscrupulous individuals. > > How is that different when logging on to a X session? Do you mean other than having the physical access to the machine, which an X session does not afford you? -- Mike Burger http://www.bubbanfriends.org Visit the Dog Pound II BBS telnet://dogpound2.citadel.org or http://dogpound2.citadel.org To be notified of updates to the web site, visit: https://www.bubbanfriends.org/mailman/listinfo/site-update or send a blank email message to: site-update-subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
