Security problem with local root user on SUN workstations

Doug Gwyn gwyn at smoke.BRL.MIL
Wed Nov 16 07:17:21 AEST 1988


In article <3228 at versatc.UUCP> tran at versatc.UUCP (Tony Tran) writes:
> Since I cannot keep track of all local root users in the SUN NFS
> environment, how can I get around this serious problem ?

Our solution was:  Don't use the Yellow Pages.

Actually there are other security problems with random superusers on
Suns on a local net.



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