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Re: Controlling root access



At 09:11 -0400 4/26/05, Josh Wisenbaker wrote:
>On Apr 25, 2005, at 9:50 PM, Kok-Yong Tan wrote:
>
>>Outside of NetInfo Manager, how many other ways can root access be enabled and disabled on a client system without booting into single-user mode and then monkeying with the NetInfo database via CLI?
>
>Hey Tan,
>
>I think that passwd in the terminal is the other easy way. I guess you could use nicl as well to set a password. Both of these require sudo rights to start with.
>
>Josh

Hey Josh,

Thanks for the response.  Would passwd work if root wasn't enabled to begin with?

Tan
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References: 
 >Re: Client-management Digest, Vol 2, Issue 126 (From: "Linda Hessel" <email@hidden>)
 >Controlling root access (From: Kok-Yong Tan <email@hidden>)
 >Re: Controlling root access (From: Josh Wisenbaker <email@hidden>)



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