Re: [cobalt-security] Securing Admin Pages

[Gerald Waugh <gwaugh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Friday 22 February 2002 08:57 am, John Meyerhofer wrote:
> >> Jeff Lasman wrote:
> >> I think you'd still have a security hole.  While I prefer separate
> >> passwords for admin and root, there's no easy way to do that on the RaQ.
> >
> > Gerald Waugh:
> > How difficult is it to ssh into the RaQ and issue
> > su -
> > prompt password: enter admin/root password
> > passwd root
> > prompt for password: enter new root password
> > prompt for password: enter new root password
> > You now have different passwords for admin - root
>
> Should/Can this be done on the Qube products as well? In particular the
> Qube3?

Which reminds me, I have a Qube3 and have not played with it in ages.
Damn it's not hooked up.
OK now it is. wow, check forced (been off long time)
Well, we finally got in, and as I thought it would, it does work,
afterall it is LINUX (bastadized a little).

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Gerald Waugh