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From: Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Block root user from login on xorg GUI
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:58:48
Message-Id: 200911122356.00290.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Block root user from login on xorg GUI by Mick
1 On Thursday 12 November 2009 23:46:27 Mick wrote:
2 > On Thursday 12 November 2009 21:34:24 Paul Hartman wrote:
3 > > On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 2:01 PM, Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com> wrote:
4 > > > I should know how to do this ...
5 > > >
6 > > > It isn't as simple as commenting out vc7 in /etc/securetty, right? The
7 > > > persistent offenders would try to start another X session on a
8 > > > different vc.
9 > > >
10 > > > Is there a trick I could add in /etc/pam.d/login or one of the
11 > > > /etc/pam.d/gdm* files perhaps?
12 > >
13 > > How do you start X? Do you use xdm/kdm/gdm or do you just "startx" or
14 > > use some other method?
15 >
16 > This box is configured to start X with gdm and it does not have kdm
17 > installed.
18 >
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21 http://www.google.com/search?q=block+root+login+gdm&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8
22
23 Hits #1, 2 and 3
24
25 --
26 alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com

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Re: [gentoo-user] Block root user from login on xorg GUI Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com>