From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Mar 20 14:18:59 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from smtp.screaming.net (smtp.screaming.net [212.49.224.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ED08037B9D9 for ; Mon, 20 Mar 2000 14:18:51 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dozprompt@onsea.com) Received: from merlin.onsea.com (dyn26-ras20.froglike.co.uk [212.49.243.26]) by smtp.screaming.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id WAA23252; Mon, 20 Mar 2000 22:19:35 GMT Received: from localhost (dozprompt@localhost) by merlin.onsea.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id WAA02675; Mon, 20 Mar 2000 22:18:16 GMT (envelope-from dozprompt@onsea.com) X-Authentication-Warning: merlin.onsea.com: dozprompt owned process doing -bs Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2000 22:18:16 +0000 (GMT) From: Cliff Rowley To: Srikanth Kumar Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Can't remote login as root In-Reply-To: <38D69CC7.4FD9A386@newbridge.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG That's how it's supposed to be. Not being able to login as root means that if someone does gain access to your system by sniffing your passwords, they still have to get root access, which is another barrier (you want as many as you can get). Also, you shouldnt be using telnet. It's insecure. Use ssh. Using root passwords over ssh is still not advisable, but doing so over telnet is handing your machine over to some hacker on a plate. If you require a little more help in setting it up, you may find an article or two at www.freebsddiary.org. The correct method is always to login as a normal user, and su to root when (and only when) you need to. Anything that is not dependent on root access should be done as a normal user, *especially* if you are new to UNIX. Cliff Rowley - while (!asleep) { code(); } On Mon, 20 Mar 2000, Srikanth Kumar wrote: > 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. > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message