Date: Fri, 14 May 1999 22:34:51 -0700 From: "Robert Sowders" <rsowders@usgs.gov> To: dmr@fc.edu, gunnar@pluto.sr.se, flygt@sr.se Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: problems with su command Message-ID: <s73ca52c.071@usgs.gov>
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I forgot to mention that ssh also provides a means to securely copy = files=20 between systems with scp which works exactly the same as rcp but=20 with secure logins. Necessity never made a good bargain. Benjamin Franklin 1706-1790 >>> Gunnar Flygt <gunnar@pluto.sr.se> 5/14/99 9:38:19 AM >>> On Fri, May 14, 1999 at 06:20:56PM +0200, David M. Redmond wrote: >=20 > I have a question to which I cannot seem to find the answer anywhere... >=20 > I have inherited a FreeBSD 2.1.0 (GENERIC) #0 UNIX box. It has been > running fine for a long time (since 1995). The problem is that I can = login > as root on the server console, but nowhere else. I cannot login as root > through telnet nor can I login as another user and su to root. It = simply > says Sorry. You shouldn't log in as root directly with telnet! And to be able to su to root when logged in as someone else, you have to put `someone else` in the group wheel Good luck! >=20 > This would not be a problem except that since I have to do all root > operations from the console, 1) I must be at the server and 2) I have to > keep putting up with console messages that are displayed. >=20 > If someone could tell me what permissions and/or configuration files = need > to be examined, I would be very appreciative. >=20 > Thanks (in advance). > Mr. D. M. Redmond >=20 >=20 > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org=20 > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message --=20 __o regards, Gunnar ---_ \<,_ email: flygt@sr.se ---- (_)/ (_) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org=20 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
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