Date: Wed, 11 Mar 1998 19:58:26 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: glenn@andover.co.uk, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How do you assign the ROOT user to be able to access via TELNET? Message-ID: <19980311195826.12417@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <350658D8.45FF@andover.co.uk>; from Glenn Johnson on Wed, Mar 11, 1998 at 09:26:48AM %2B0000 References: <350658D8.45FF@andover.co.uk>
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On Wed, 11 March 1998 at 9:26:48 +0000, Glenn Johnson wrote: > Hi again! > > I have now sorted the problem with the connection - it seems that our > router was not to blame - actually it was my fault! The cable was > faulty, and would not connect!! Should have checked the obvious instead > of wasting your precious time, sorry.... > > However, my next question is quite valid - how do I login as ROOT from a > telnet session? I would assume that it has been disabled for security > reasons, but I need remote access. I have already found out that to > allow ROOT to access via FTP, you need to hash it out in the FTPUSERS > file in /ETC. No problem. But there dosen't seem to be the same type > of file for TELNET users? You log in as yourself, and then use su to become root. All else is such an enormous security hole that you don't even want to think about it. BTW, the file names in question are lower case. Greg To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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