On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 8:58 AM, Mike Burger <mburger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> 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? > If I am unscrupulous to have someone's password, and I have physical access to a host, how is removing console sessions going to stop me logging into that host? This is aside from the fact that someone who has physical access to a host can break in very easily without having any passwords. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
