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From: Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.de>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Block root user from login on xorg GUI
Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2009 10:07:11
Message-Id: hdlsqn$fbr$1@ger.gmane.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Block root user from login on xorg GUI by Mick
1 On 11/12/2009 10:01 PM, Mick wrote:
2 > I should know how to do this ...
3 >
4 > It isn't as simple as commenting out vc7 in /etc/securetty, right? The
5 > persistent offenders would try to start another X session on a different vc.
6 >
7 > Is there a trick I could add in /etc/pam.d/login or one of the /etc/pam.d/gdm*
8 > files perhaps?
9
10 You cannot impose any restrictions to the root user. root is
11 unrestricted by definition. It's useless to even start thinking about
12 trying. What you *can* do, is give them a VPS inside of which they are
13 root.

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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Block root user from login on xorg GUI Dirk Heinrichs <dirk.heinrichs@××××××.de>