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Paul

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Jun 22, 2000, 3:00:00 AM6/22/00
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Hi,

I hope someone can help. I am new to the Sco Unix world and need some help
securing my server. I am running SCO 5.0.5 and have the box running exactly
as I would wish, however I want the root to only be able to log in at the
server and not directly from a 'terminal', the only way to access the root
account from a terminal would be to SU to that account. I would also like
only certain people to have access to be able to SU to the root account.

Is this possible, I have got this in place on all my Digital Unix boxes but
can't seem to get it working under SCO.

Thanks in advance for any help

Paul.

Wayne Jackon

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Jun 22, 2000, 3:00:00 AM6/22/00
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Try http://osr5doc.sco.com:457/cgi-bin/man/man?login and scroll down about
1/4 of the way. There is the option that you need.

If that does not work for you, then try man login, and again paging down a
few pages you will again come across it.

Hint "CONSOLE" is the key.

Wayne


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Jean-Pierre Radley

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Jun 22, 2000, 3:00:00 AM6/22/00
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Wayne Jackon propounded (on Thu, Jun 22, 2000 at 06:46:32PM +1000):

| Try http://osr5doc.sco.com:457/cgi-bin/man/man?login and scroll down about
| 1/4 of the way. There is the option that you need.

And why can't he just type "man login" instead of using SCO's machine?


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Wayne Jackon

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Jun 23, 2000, 3:00:00 AM6/23/00
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Because I am being difficult. And that was the pages that I went for as I
was curious as to see how it would be done myself, plus I am sitting on a
Win2K machine and don't have access to a OSR box.

But seriously, it give him a printable version if coming from a Windows
machine.

Wayne

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Jean-Pierre Radley

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Jun 23, 2000, 3:00:00 AM6/23/00
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Wayne Jackon propounded (on Fri, Jun 23, 2000 at 08:18:22AM +1000):

| Because I am being difficult. And that was the pages that I went for as I
| was curious as to see how it would be done myself, plus I am sitting on a
| Win2K machine and don't have access to a OSR box.
|
| But seriously, it give him a printable version if coming from a Windows
| machine.

Why is it any more less printable than if he'd pointed Netscape on his
OSR 5 box to his local help files?

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Tony Lawrence

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Jun 23, 2000, 3:00:00 AM6/23/00
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Because SCO systems don't install by default configured to
be able to print anything from Netscape (unless you happen
to have a Postscript printer) ? Because a SCO user who
wants to print from Netscape needs to first *know* that they
need gs, then download it (ppp configured yet? DNS?),
install it, and then figure out how to make it work-
starting, of course, with getting the newly installed man
page to work.

I'd say that makes it slightly less printable from SCO for
the average user.

http://www.aplawrence.com/Unixart/printing.html#postscript
for those who need help with all that.

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Tom Parsons

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Jun 25, 2000, 3:00:00 AM6/25/00
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Tony Lawrence enscribed:

| Jean-Pierre Radley wrote:
| >
| > Wayne Jackon propounded (on Fri, Jun 23, 2000 at 08:18:22AM +1000):
| > | Because I am being difficult. And that was the pages that I went for as I
| > | was curious as to see how it would be done myself, plus I am sitting on a
| > | Win2K machine and don't have access to a OSR box.
| > |
| > | But seriously, it give him a printable version if coming from a Windows
| > | machine.
| >
| > Why is it any more less printable than if he'd pointed Netscape on his
| > OSR 5 box to his local help files?
|
|
| Because SCO systems don't install by default configured to
| be able to print anything from Netscape (unless you happen
| to have a Postscript printer) ? Because a SCO user who
| wants to print from Netscape needs to first *know* that they
| need gs, then download it (ppp configured yet? DNS?),
| install it, and then figure out how to make it work-
| starting, of course, with getting the newly installed man
| page to work.
|
| I'd say that makes it slightly less printable from SCO for
| the average user.

Well, if one is going to use ghostscript, there is a good chance they
have a HP compatible laser and probably be using the HPLaserJet
interface script, in which case:

man cat | lp -o nroff

is much cleaner. 'Course you need the tools and the knowledge of the
less than well known option. :-)

--tom
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Edward Grinvald

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Jun 25, 2000, 3:00:00 AM6/25/00
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How about keeping the rest of us out of the crossfire, that's what private
e-mail is for

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Tony Lawrence

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Jun 27, 2000, 3:00:00 AM6/27/00
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Edward Grinvald wrote:
>
> How about keeping the rest of us out of the crossfire, that's what private
> e-mail is for

How about comprehending the difference between crossfire and
an ongoing discussion?

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