Date: Wed, 24 Jun 1998 21:59:22 -0700 From: David Greenman <dg@root.com> To: simple@gte.net Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: All Wierd and Pissed Off... Message-ID: <199806250459.VAA11415@implode.root.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 24 Jun 1998 20:45:38 EDT." <35919DB2.50AE@gte.net>
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>Okay, I'm pretty new to FreeBSD (Unix) in general. I need to have root >access to my server from a telnet session because I am not always in >front of the computer, but, well, I think I've found a new love... I >think everyone on this list will understand this love. > >When I try to login to my server as root, it tells me that the login is >incorrect. I've also tried to login as a normal user and then rlogin as You should use 'su'. Both rlogin and telnet won't all root logins unless you change /etc/ttys and make all ptys (e.g. ttyp*) "secure". -DG David Greenman Co-founder/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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