Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2000 16:09:11 -0600 From: "Doug Poland" <dpoland@execpc.com> To: "Srikanth Kumar" <skumar@newbridge.com> Cc: <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Can't remote login as root Message-ID: <NDBBKMNOJKJGAEKJNLIAEEAEDCAA.dpoland@execpc.com> In-Reply-To: <38D69CC7.4FD9A386@newbridge.com>
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> > Hi, > > $ uname -a > FreeBSD BSD001 3.3-RELEASE FreeBSD 3.3-RELEASE #0: Wed Mar 8 08:15:32 > EST 2000 root@BSD001:/usr/src/sys/compile/KERN_T1_QUAD i386 > > I am unable to login to the Free BSD machine from a remote terminal, as > root. > I have been logging in as another user, and doing an su, to get root > access. > Can you help me out from this situation? > I don't have the file /var/run/nologin present. > /etc/login.access, is the default from the installation, as are the > other files that login looks > at. > Thank you very much for your kind attention to this matter. > Regards, > Sri Kumar. > I believe this is a security feature of the OS. I've heard you can use SSH with a root login. -- Doug Poland dpoland@execpc.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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