[SunHELP] Root Password management - How do you do it?

[Fletcher, Joe]

Is this a case of setting SYSLOG_FAILED_lOGINS in /etc/default/login or are
you looking at C2 enhanced security type systems?

Joe

-----Original Message-----
From: Bashar [mailto:big at kuwaitnet.net]
Sent: 27 September 2001 14:04
To: 'sunhelp at sunhelp.org'
Subject: RE: [SunHELP] Root Password management - How do you do it?



	 Am not talking about root am saying example of the users on the
system like dba's and others

On Thu, 27 Sep 2001, Fogg, James wrote:

> Uhh... how do you autolock root? That would be disastrous.
>
> No, use syslog or smtp and capture failed root logins. Watch the failures
or
> script an alarm system.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Bashar [mailto:big at kuwaitnet.net]
> > Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2001 8:11 PM
> > To: 'sunhelp at sunhelp.org'
> > Subject: RE: [SunHELP] Root Password management - How do you do it?
> >
> >
> > > 8) Monitor and trap failed logins.
> >
> > 	 an example of this that to auto lock an account if he
> > uses 3 time
> > wrong password? if yes how to do that?
> >
> >


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