Re: Login automatically
From: Max O. (maxoNOSPAM_at_home.se)
Date: 03/10/04
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Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2004 18:51:54 GMT
Robert M. Riches Jr. wrote:
> In article <c2mqrq$f42$1@news-reader4.wanadoo.fr>, Donny Brasco wrote:
>
>>On redhat, I boot on X, but it asks me each time to log.
>>is it possible to configure the system to log as a registered username (with
>>password) automatically (I don't have to fill the username edit box)
>
>
> If the machine is on a network, unless it is in a physically
> secure environment, do you understand why this is a _very_
> _BAD_ thing to do?
>
> If it is physically possible for an unauthorized person to
> gain access to the console (maybe a burglar or the office
> night cleaning person), automatic login could let that
> person send threatening email, engage in fraud, download
> child porn and store it on your disk, etc. If your browser
> stores passwords or has persistent login cookies, the
> intruder could do whatever they wish from your account.
> This could cause you a lot of trouble.
>
> Two of the first principles a student of computer security
> learns are identification and authentication. The normal
> process of entering a username is the identification part.
> The user identifies himself/herself to the system. The
> password is the authentication part. The user proves he/she
> is the person he/she claims to be by providing information
> (the password) nobody else could provide. This ensures only
> the authorized user has access to the privileges of the
> account.
>
> Good luck.
>
> Robert Riches
> spamtrap42@verizon.net
> (Yes, that is one of my email addresses.)
Hey Robert, we know all that--go tell it to the 95 percent of windows
users that run as ROOT without a password. Some of us have home offices
with (gasp) dial up and multiple users, with no secrets to hide.
Firewall=yes, Root password= yes, run as root=no.
My 'puter is accessible only by me and my two twenty pound dogs. They
can't type.
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