Date: Mon, 1 Jul 1996 15:09:51 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: mc7953@mclink.it (Marco Masotti) Cc: questions@freebsd.org, mc7953@mclink.it Subject: Re: rlogin as root refused Message-ID: <199607012209.PAA06700@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <31D53AD3.41C67EA6@mclink.it> from "Marco Masotti" at Jun 29, 96 04:16:51 pm
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> I'm getting problems doing rlogin as root, always when towards FreeBSD > machines. > > I can do rsh generic commands and rcp, but not rlogin. > > I set a "+" in the ~root/.rhosts file, but this doesn't suffice. It is *dangerous* to do this. You want to specify particular machines and users, if you allow this at all. > Nevertheless, when doing rsh|rlogin <FreeBSD host>, I get: > > # rsh <FreeBSD host> > Password: > root login refused on this terminal. > login: look at /etc/ttys. Note the word "network" instead of the word "secure". Man ttys. The pty's do not allow root login. This is a security option which you *can* turn off. We advise against it strongly (so strongly, that by default we don't allow it, and you have to turn it off). Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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