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

[Fogg, James]

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
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> Subject: RE: [SunHELP] Root Password management - How do you do it?
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> > 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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