Alvin Oga wrote: > anytime someone has physical access to the machine... > you already have a security problem.... ( my definition )
Fine definition. Not all computers are locked up, however, and if there is a huge room with only remote access allowed, there are often trust relationships setup that can be exploited. > i am not sure that you can get physical access as root > from the options shown in /etc/auto.misc.... but if oyu > are correct....wow...wonder how many people tried it... > and only now surfaces ??? I've done it. Try it. I tried to confirm w/others on IRC, but nobody had autofs installed. > I always disable those "system defined options" anyway... > and use my own automated servers:/directories > > there was lots of discussion the past couple weeks of what > needs to be in /etc/auto.master and /etc/auto.misc > and automaps from NIS and which to read first and functions > supported or not... > - newest supported feature is ldap in autofs I've not gotten around to setting up LDAP, but I don't want my NIS to distribute security holes to all the client machines. Chris
