[Wylug-help] Guest account for Linux??

[John Hodrien]

On Wed, 22 Mar 2006, Emon wrote:

> I really liked the suggestions from Roger & Dan about closing the SSH hole, 
> but I was wondering, is it really necessary? I mean its just an ordinary 
> account, how much damage can anybody possibly do with it?? Is there any 
> reason to be paranoid about it.....*yet*??

Yes, it's really really hard to be paranoid later.

Getting root on a box is significantly easier once you've got a normal account
on a machine, and even an ordinary account can cause plenty of annoyance.

jh

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