Re: tlug: xdm and 'nologin' on Slackware

[Rex Walters <rex@example.com>]

On Tue, Jul 14, 1998 at 08:58:35AM +0900, Scott Stone wrote:
> > 
> > Hmmm, since xdm runs as root, is /etc/nologin not a valid option?
> 
> no, but it's automatically deleted when you reboot.  just 'touch
> /etc/nologin' and leave the system alone, and logins should be disallowed.

Just as an aside, deleting the line in the boot scripts that removes
/etc/nologin is probably a bad idea (kind of like setting the default init
state to 6 in in /etc/inittab).

On the other hand, if you're extremely security conscious, doing either
of the above should make your machine pretty much impregnable. ;-)
-- 
Rex
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