> 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. As I said...I don't agree with it...I'm just saying that I understand the thinking behind it. -- 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
