What are standard root password control applications?

pinga123 · 11-29-2010, 02:43 AM

According to security guide i came across term as
"standard root password control application "

I have no imformation over what are such applications how to implement them?
Any guidance will be appreciated.

It was also suggested to audit root login .How would i go about it?

hairysocks · 11-29-2010, 03:57 AM

Maybe it refers to passwd - which is the command to change any password, including the root password.

For auditing, you can see who has logged in on a system by looking at the /var/log/messages file.

pinga123 · 11-29-2010, 04:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hairysocks

Maybe it refers to passwd - which is the command to change any password, including the root password.

For auditing, you can see who has logged in on a system by looking at the /var/log/messages file.

If passwd is a standard root password control application then which one is non standard?
Just curious to know.