From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2009 13:05:14 +0100 From: Ethan Grammatikidis To: 9fans@9fans.net Message-Id: <20090807130514.be094aaf.eekee57@fastmail.fm> In-Reply-To: <69fe8b38ab55744cd78f90fc2b2cd9f5@quintile.net> References: <200908060052.55018.corey@bitworthy.net> <69fe8b38ab55744cd78f90fc2b2cd9f5@quintile.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [9fans] a few Q's regarding cpu/auth server Topicbox-Message-UUID: 3c4903a8-ead5-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 On Thu, 6 Aug 2009 11:33:18 +0100 "Steve Simon" wrote: > I cannot imageine the senario where random people will have access > to the cpu/auth/file server's consoles. It just doesn't happen > if you are serious about security. > > However if you want to protect your console against your friends > I wrote a script to do it /n/sources/contrib/steve/rc/conslock > you may also want to look at screenlock(1) > > Incidentially I may use this at home to protect my servers console > against my 2 year old who rather likes keyboards, though this is > a different type of security. > > -Steve > Speaking of family, I'd imagine a little password protection might go a long way to keeping the peace in many families. Respect for siblings' property isn't exactly hard-wired into human nature, is it? -- Ethan Grammatikidis Those who are slower at parsing information must necessarily be faster at problem-solving.