Thank you all for responding to my question. Altogether a total of
31 people answered . Thanks for such a great response.
The names are just too many to mention .
Solution:-
I have removed the word secure from /etc/ttytab and thing seems to work
in SUNOS4.x.
The most common answer is : -
The super-user root may only log in on those terminals
marked as "secure" in the /etc/ttytab file. Otherwise, the
super-user must log in as an ordinary user and become
super-user using su(1v).
In file /etc/ttytab remove "secure" from all entries but the one
for console. DO a command kill -1 1 after the file editing for
your changes to take effect.
There are other answers,
From: Rick Reineman <rick@lunger.llnl.gov>
Subject: Re: prevent root remote login
touch /etc/nologin
Rick
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From: peter.allan@aeat.co.uk (Peter M Allan)
Subject: Re: prevent root remote login
In /etc/ttytab change the 'secure' status at the end of the line.
# @(#)ttytab 1.6 89/12/18 SMI
# name getty type status comments
#
console "/usr/etc/getty std.9600" sun on local unsecure
ttya "/usr/etc/getty std.9600" unknown off local unsecure
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However I am not sure the word unsecure is recognised .
Some of you suggested
edit /etc/default/login and uncomment the "console" line
This method is only used in Solaris 2.x .
One person suggested:
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Have you already looked into the folloing files:
/etc/hosts.equiv ... for all users on this machine
~/.rhosts ... could be in every users home dir
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.rhost and host.equiv only do away with the prompting of passwd but
but does not prevent a person from login as root by providing the root passwd.
Maybe somebody can include this in the FAQ.
Thank again.
Regards
SP LAW