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Re: Bastille script



adahma io com said:
> I recently used the Bastille script for securing Linux, and I'm
> wishing I hadn't.  One of the problems I can't figure out, is I now
> have an .rhosts file in each user directory, and I can't remove this
> file, even as root.  What do I need to do to get rid of it?  What was
> done to make this file UN-removable?

> TIA,

They set a blank .rhosts file that stops malicious people from creating 
versions of the file that allow anyone to just rsh into the machine.

(if you read the docs that came with Bastille, it explains this)
 



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