[1251] in bugtraq
xdm and auth on Ultrix 4.4
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Walter Zimmer)
Tue Mar 14 14:31:24 1995
From: Walter Zimmer <zimmer@cis.umassd.edu>
To: bugtraq@fc.net
Date: Tue, 14 Mar 95 12:16:16 EST
Hi !
We have auth running for our passwd database but we try to set up
xdm since it makes no sense hiding the encrypted passwords when
everybody with an account can monitor the plaintext ones via X.
Anyone got some experience or pointers an how to modify xdm
and what risks are involved ?
Anyway, is auth itself a good choice ? Are there any flaws in it
which make it worse than distributing /etc/passwd (by 'hand', not
via NIS) ?
Many thanks for your help,
Walter
zimmer@cis.umassd.edu
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