Re: [LI] Linux password security

[Sharad Joshi <sharadj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 21 Oct 1999, Soumyanath Chatterjee wrote:

+ Sharad Joshi <sharadj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote
+ 
+ The actual problem is - as root U have access complete machine, including
+ internet access password etc. How do I stop somebody from gaining access to
+ it.

Well, i did not quite get you. Unless the password is stored somewhere in
the machine in plain text form, how does root, or anyone, comes to know
of any passwd? If you mean spoofing, that you can not help.

Sharad.
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