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Date:      Wed, 25 Feb 1998 14:35:31 -0500 (EST)
From:      "David E. Cross" <dec@phoenix.its.rpi.edu>
To:        Capriotti <capriotti@geocities.com>
Cc:        hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: telnet root login
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980225143422.10830A-100000@phoenix.its.rpi.edu>
In-Reply-To: <3.0.32.19980225171800.0098d100@pop.mpc.com.br>

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On Wed, 25 Feb 1998, Capriotti wrote:

This question should have been directed to freebsd-questions@freebsd.org.

The answer is that in /etc/ttys, you need to mark each of the netowork
connections as 'secure'.  Please see 'man 5 tty' for more information.

> Sorry to boder you guys again, but I am in trouble here.
> 
> The Brazilian FBSD list is not working, so, I have no other source of info
> I can count with. My question is very basic and shouldn't be addressed to
> hacker in normal conditions, but... here it goes:
> 
> I'm trying to log to the FBSD machine using NT 4 workstation's telnet.
> 
> Any root-level user can't login; The login attempt returns:
> 
> Login incorrect
> 
> Other non-root users login ok.
> 
> Is this a security  - FBSD - issue or an NT issue, and how to get it solved ?
> 
> Thank you again (ahmmmm... is there a FreeBSD-basic questions list ??? :)  )
> 
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