Date: Wed, 11 Mar 1998 12:12:09 +0200 (EET) From: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@ucb.crimea.ua> To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG (FreeBSD Questions) Subject: Re: How do you assign the ROOT user to be able to access via TELNET? Message-ID: <199803111012.MAA26957@relay.ucb.crimea.ua>
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On Wed, 11 Mar 1998, Glenn Johnson wrote: > 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? It is login rather than telnet issue. If you *really* want to be able to login directly as root, you'll need to specify `secure' flag for each pseudo-tty line you use. This flag is set by default for virtual terminals. See ttys(5) for details. -- Ruslan Ermilov System Administrator ru@ucb.crimea.ua United Commercial Bank +380-652-247647 Simferopol, Crimea 2426679 ICQ Network, UIN To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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