sankha@atc.tcs.co.in wrote

Dear Sankha Subhra Som

But how do you enforce that (using securetty u can specify secure terminals,

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i wud have deleted all entries from /etc/securetty. that wud mean that root wud not be able to log in from any terminal. Assuming that i dont run services that allow root to login remotely, one can use the root account only via the su command. i originally thought that this was what the statement meant.

"a secure machine has a boot loader password that doesnt work" also make sense?

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Well...i cant think of what this may mean. guess philip was right, the statements seem to be wrong.

- Shankar