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Date:               Wed, 19 Feb 1997 16:59:46 -0600 CDT
From:      "Larry Dolinar" <LARRYD@bldg1.croute.com>
To:        owner-questions@freebsd.org
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:         Re: too much security
Message-ID:  <61A687D700D@bldg1.croute.com>

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and the clouds parted, and on 19 Feb 97, The Hermit Hacker <scrappy@hub.org> said:

>On Wed, 19 Feb 1997, Graham Dresch wrote:
>
>> 
>> Sorry to send this here, but i don't know who else to ask.
>> 
>> How do i disable the 'security feature' that prevents telnet logins as 
>> root ? ( FreeBSD 2.1 )
>>
>    Go into /etc/ttys and add secure to the tail end of all the
>'network' devices
>
>

But if you forget the 'kill -HUP 1' you're faced with a nasty reboot    8).



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