Re: rh6.0 and the new xdm like login screen

[Brian Hand <bchand squashduck com>]

not if I took out the floppy and cdrom drive! ;)


I understand all of these hacks be geez lets make it just brainless for
people to do it!


Brian

On Wed, 26 May 1999, Jose M. Sanchez wrote:

> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Brian Hand <bchand squashduck com>
> To: <redhat-install-list redhat com>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 1999 12:43 AM
> Subject: rh6.0 and the new xdm like login screen
> 
> 
> > I just found a feature with the new login screen, one is anonying the
> > other is a severe security flaw in my opinion.
> >
> > 1) why can you not set your default windowmangaer to what ever you want,
> > or can you?  If so how?
> >
> 
> Edit the XDM files and you can enable a menu that allows you to select the
> windowmanager on the fly...
> 
> gdm, wdm and kdm come preconfigured to enable this...
> 
> 
> > 2) why is it that anyone without a username and passwd can get on your
> > console and halt or reboot your box?  can that be fixed/configured.
> >
> 
> Edit the XDM config files to prevent this...
> 
> Note: the CONSOLE is never secure.... anyone can reboot your system and type
> "linux single" and have full access to it...
> 
> -JMS
> 
> 
>