From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Mar 26 17:37:15 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from cm110108.cableco-op.com (cm110108.cableco-op.com [206.24.110.108]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DFCE014F93 for ; Fri, 26 Mar 1999 17:37:14 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jwg@cm110108.cableco-op.com) Received: (from jwg@localhost) by cm110108.cableco-op.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA12500; Fri, 26 Mar 1999 17:38:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jwg) Message-ID: <19990326173801.59455@cm110119.cableco-op.com> Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1999 17:38:01 -0800 From: Jeff Gray To: Jim Pazarena , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: telnet access restrictions References: <9903261715.aa15232@dick.ccstores.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.89.1i In-Reply-To: <9903261715.aa15232@dick.ccstores.com>; from Jim Pazarena on Fri, Mar 26, 1999 at 05:15:13PM -0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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. > > -- > Jim Pazarena mailto:paz@ccstores.com > http://www.qcislands.net/paz > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message