From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Apr 25 23:31:56 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id XAA27527 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sat, 25 Apr 1998 23:31:56 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mail.apc.net (mail.inhousecorp.com [207.113.177.8] (may be forged)) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id XAA27522 for ; Sat, 25 Apr 1998 23:31:51 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dima@apc.net) Received: from icg-apc-pr1-p15.apc.net (icg-apc-pr1-p15.apc.net [207.211.76.169]) by mail.apc.net (NTMail 3.03.0013/1d.aag5) with ESMTP id pa824215 for ; Sat, 25 Apr 1998 23:31:47 -0700 Message-Id: <3.0.5.32.19980425232845.00931bd0@mail.apc.net> X-Sender: dima@mail.apc.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.5 (32) Date: Sat, 25 Apr 1998 23:28:45 -0700 To: Winston AJ Mattson From: Dima Dorfman Subject: Re: logging on at root through virtual terminals Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <3.0.32.19980426151619.006cf810@mail.ozemail.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Don't log in as root. Never log in as root through ANY type of terminal. Always 'su' to root which you could do from any terminal :-) At 03:16 PM 4/26/98 +1000, you wrote: >Hello, > >Just a quick question, where do you enable access for the root user to >logon through virtual terminals? > >you advice would be greatly appriciated, >Regards > >Winston > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > --- Dima Dorfman (dima@apc.net) "640k ought to be enough for anybody." - Bill Gates, 1981 Micro$oft $ucks! FreeBSD Rules! http://www.freebsd.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message