Date: 14 Mar 98 21:43:53 +0100 From: leifn@image.dk (Leif Neland) To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: telnet and login as root Message-ID: <6e3_9803150216@swimsuit.swimsuit.roskildebc.dk> References: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.980314084201.15222A-100000@admin.inetport.com>
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At 14 Mar 98 15:53:21 Ken Ninh wrote regarding telnet and login as root KN> Hello - I am unable telnet and login as root. Is this a KN> restriction of freeBSD? No, that's a standard restriction on unices, because of security. If you really want to bypass, you must be root, and then edit /etc/ttys, change /dev/console to secure. KN> Currently, I am able to login as myself but not able to KN> 'su root' with the correct root password: KN> KN> "not in the correct group to su root" KN> KN> I made a mistake when setting up my user account during freeBSD KN> installation. I cannot get to the system console 'til Monday. KN> KN> Is there any way to get around this? Please help, Thanks. Hopefully there are no way around it. As far as the machine can see, you are a nasty hacker who are trying to get access to the innermost holy without the proper right, and it'll try its outmost to keep you out until he-who-must-be-obeyed (root) comes to the console and tell it otherwise. Leif Neland leifn@image.dk --- |Fidonet: Leif Neland 2:234/49 |Internet: leifn@image.dk To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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