[comp.windows.x] Stopping root access from xdm

paul@moore.com (Paul Maclauchlan) (12/19/90)

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Is there some way that you can limit user access from xdm ?
I have xdm running on a Sparc 1+ for a collection of X terminals.
I do not want anyone signing on as root from the xlogin wigit.
Is there some way to do this ? 
Should I be looking at the /etc/ttytab file ?
I am running SUN O/S 4.1, Openwindows / X11R4.

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gildea@EXPO.LCS.MIT.EDU (Stephen Gildea) (12/22/90)

    Date: 18 Dec 90 22:29:35 GMT
    From: paul@moore.com (Paul Maclauchlan)

    Is there some way that you can limit user access from xdm ?
    I have xdm running on a Sparc 1+ for a collection of X terminals.
    I do not want anyone signing on as root from the xlogin wigit.
    Should I be looking at the /etc/ttytab file ?

No, you should be looking at the xdm man page. :-)  See the section on
the Xstartup file (specified by the DisplayManager.DISPLAY.startup
resource).  This is a script run before starting the user session.
You could check for the user being "root" and blow the session away.

 < Stephen
   gildea@expo.lcs.mit.edu