RE: changing root account name

From: UnixHQ BugTraq Archive (bugtraq@UnixHQ.org)
Date: 11/03/01 

Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2001 11:51:36 -0600 (CST)
From: UnixHQ BugTraq Archive <bugtraq@UnixHQ.org>
To: Steve Adams <stevea@nwtechops.com>
Subject: RE: changing root account name
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0111031141520.4916-100000@UnixHQ.org>

Hello,

On Wed, 31 Oct 2001, Steve Adams wrote:

> Is there a reason that you even consider allowing root access from a remote
> workstation?
>

  At the moment I have 25+ Linux 'workstations' that I admin, soon to be
around 50->60 when I get another lab. I allow remote root logins from the IP
block that I've been assigned. Sure it's a *major* security risk, and I
know this, but when I have to change permissions on all of those machines
within 5 min for a class it's worth it. I can always rebuild a
workstation within a day easily.

Jason Stover
Unix Sys Admin
Parkland College
X116
2400 W. Bradley Ave.
Champaign, IL 61821-1899

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