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Date:      Fri, 26 Mar 1999 17:38:01 -0800
From:      Jeff Gray <jwg@cm110108.cableco-op.com>
To:        Jim Pazarena <paz@ccstores.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: telnet access restrictions
Message-ID:  <19990326173801.59455@cm110119.cableco-op.com>
In-Reply-To: <9903261715.aa15232@dick.ccstores.com>; from Jim Pazarena on Fri, Mar 26, 1999 at 05:15:13PM -0800
References:  <9903261715.aa15232@dick.ccstores.com>

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Jim,
You cannot telnet in as root.
Telnet in as an account and then use su to get to root.

After loggin in, at the prompt enter

su root
or 
su - root

The first one will keep your directory as /usr/home/login
The latter will be /root

Jeff


On Fri, Mar 26, 1999 at 05:15:13PM -0800, Jim Pazarena wrote:
> I am setting up my first FreeBSD box, and find that I can't telnet in
> as root but I can as a regular user.
> 
> I can't find where root is blocked from access. Please help.
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> Jim Pazarena     mailto:paz@ccstores.com 
>                  http://www.qcislands.net/paz
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> 
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