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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!yarrina.connect.com.au!news.mel.aone.net.au!inferno.mpx.com.au!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!gatech!gt-news!prism!prism!not-for-mail From: gt4722a@prism.gatech.edu (Brian "AGENT GORDON COLE" Atkins) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: autologin? Date: 20 Nov 1995 07:41:54 -0500 Organization: Simplex Fan Club Lines: 19 Message-ID: <48pt2i$ncl@acmex.gatech.edu> References: <48heab$gou@acmex.gatech.edu> <48kkpc$l5s@uriah.heep.sax.de> <53ybtb1t2m.fsf@plinth.vide.coventry.ac.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: acmex-prism.gatech.edu In article <53ybtb1t2m.fsf@plinth.vide.coventry.ac.uk>, Justin Murdock <justin@vide.coventry.ac.uk> wrote: :>>>>> "JW" == J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de> writes: : :JW> Brian "AGENT GORDON COLE" Atkins <gt4722a@prism.gatech.edu> wrote: :>> Under Irix5.3 you can have the machine autologin root upon a :>> reboot; can I do this under FreeBSD? : :JW> Nobody in his right mind would do this (think about it). This is :JW> one of the gratuitous security misfeatures of IRIX. : ^^^ :amen to that. In its defense, it defaults to a sensible configuration. :And the there is a chapter on security in the advanced administration :book. : Now that we are done trashing Irix, I am still wondering if there is a way to do it in FreeBSD. Obviously I understand the security issues, but I am still interested in knowing if it can be done or not.