[Fwd: User account ( hacked ) of FC6 System]

Les Mikesell lesmikesell at gmail.com
Wed Feb 7 23:22:35 UTC 2007


edwardspl at ita.org.mo wrote:
> Tom Spec wrote:
>> What do you mean by "solution"?  Do you want to stop people from 
>> logging in when they have the correct password?
>>
>> You should make your passwords strong enough so that people cannot 
>> (easily) guess/hack them.
>> Don't allow people to log in as root remotely.
>> You can limit where people can log in from by using iptables.
>>
>> Tom
> If there is ssh-telnet service for user...
> Then is there a solution to fix the problem of hack ( although someone 
> who know the user's password, but they can't modify / delete any profile 
> files, so the user who can login to the server nect time again ) ?
> eg : limit user profile ( user account ) ?
> if so, how to do this ?
> 
> Edward.

I think the real solution is to teach your user that it is important not 
to let others know his password if he hasn't figured that out himself 
yet.  And if others do need this access they should have their own 
accounts instead of being able to pretend to be someone else.

-- 
   Les Mikesell
    lesmikesell at gmail.com




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