From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Mar 11 01:30:36 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id BAA15157 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 11 Mar 1998 01:30:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from luke.cpl.net (luke.cpl.net [209.150.92.68]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id BAA15111 for ; Wed, 11 Mar 1998 01:30:24 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from shawn@luke.cpl.net) Received: from localhost (shawn@localhost) by luke.cpl.net (8.8.8/8.6.12) with SMTP id BAA11414; Wed, 11 Mar 1998 01:29:05 -0800 (PST) Date: Wed, 11 Mar 1998 01:29:05 -0800 (PST) From: Shawn Ramsey To: Glenn Johnson cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How do you assign the ROOT user to be able to access via TELNET? In-Reply-To: <350658D8.45FF@andover.co.uk> 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 > 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? Is there a reason you cannot use su? It is much safer... I don't remember how to allow root, but someone else will be able to tell you. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message