Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2000 15:02:27 -0800 From: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net> To: "Doug Poland" <dpoland@execpc.com> Cc: "Srikanth Kumar" <skumar@newbridge.com>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Can't remote login as root Message-ID: <200003202302.PAA10326@ptavv.es.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 20 Mar 2000 16:09:11 CST." <NDBBKMNOJKJGAEKJNLIAEEAEDCAA.dpoland@execpc.com>
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> From: "Doug Poland" <dpoland@execpc.com> > Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2000 16:09:11 -0600 > Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > > > > > 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. Only if you modify /usr/local/etc/sshd_config to allow it. PermitRootLogin yes R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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