Subject: Re: install floppy twists
To: None <sommerfeld@orchard.arlington.ma.us>
From: None <itojun@iijlab.net>
List: tech-install
Date: 07/24/2000 23:15:19
>> 2. system boots up into multiuser mode, without root password configured
>> is it okay to do this?
>This should be fixed.
>Then again, it's not as big a hole as it seems at first:
> - inbound telnet/ftp are turned off by default, and even if they get
>turned back on,
> - tty[pq...]? are not marked "secure", so root can't telnet in.
> - root is listed in /etc/ftpusers as "deny".
>so the only way root can get in is on the console, and in the vast
>majority of installations, giving someone console access also gives
>them the ability to boot the machine in single-user mode, bypassing
>the password check.
yes, i noticed.
the best way (i believe) to solve this would be to add root-password
setup menu into sysinst.
>> 4. if we use DHCP, /etc/ifconfig.IF will have the address we have
>> obtained via DHCP. this seems incorrect.
>IMHO, if you got the address via dhcp, sysinst should set up rc.conf,
>etc., to enable dhcp on that interface if the user answers "yes" to
>the keep-using-this-network-config question..
that is my impression too. adding dhclient=YES would be the best way.
things gets unclear if we retry network configuration however - we can
tweak values we got from dhcp server via onscreen editing session,
for example. sysinst/net.c needs some more cleanup.
itojun