>Dear Sankha Subhra Som
>Since in practical situations, the root password is often shared between 2
>or more administrators. Hence to enforce control, root is restricted from
>logging in directly to the machine completely.
But how do you enforce that (using securetty u can specify secure terminals,
but how do you enforce it so that only logins thru su are permitted)
And does the statement
"a secure machine has a boot loader password that doesnt work" also make
sense?
Regards
Sankha
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