Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1998 00:09:58 -0700 (PDT) From: M Lyons <lyonsm@netbistro.com> To: "Jojo B. Mamucod" <sanne@portalinc.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: root access on telnet Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980819000557.12566D-100000@newmail.netbistro.com> In-Reply-To: <35DB1251.E847BC27@snap.portalinc.com>
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On Wed, 19 Aug 1998, Jojo B. Mamucod wrote: > I have a question how can I enable a telnet using root account ???? Assuming you are talking about allowing root to log in directly via telnet, you probably don't really want to do this. The usual way of accomplishing this is to have normal users who are trusted with access to the root account. These users log in as themselves and then use the "su" command to become root. To tell the system that a user should be allowed to su to root, add their username to the "wheel" group in /etc/group. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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