From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jan 11 02:24:30 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id CAA11679 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 11 Jan 1999 02:24:30 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from corp.au.triax.com (slwag2p19.ozemail.com.au [203.108.157.67]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id CAA11667 for ; Mon, 11 Jan 1999 02:24:26 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jim@corp.au.triax.com) Received: from localhost (jim@localhost) by corp.au.triax.com (8.9.2/8.9.2) with ESMTP id VAA18548; Mon, 11 Jan 1999 21:23:40 +1100 (EST) Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1999 21:23:40 +1100 (EST) From: Jim Mock To: Valman cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: System administrator question... In-Reply-To: <369A5D1C.79A56EB6@spidernet.com.cy> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, 11 Jan 1999, Valman wrote: > Hi! > If i log into my system as root, can anyone else ( remotely by > telnet ) log in as root too at the same time???? > No one should be able to log in as root through telnet, period. If they're in the wheel group, they'll be able to telnet in and su to root while you're logged in as root, but other than that, unless you specifically allow root to have telnet privledges, no one should be able to telnet in as root. Also, you might want to consider using ssh instead of telnet. -- : Jim Mock | [jim@corp.au.triax.com] : : System Administrator | http://www.triax.com/ : : Triax Internet Services | ----------------------------- : : Portland, OR USA | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve : : Wagga Wagga, NSW Australia | http://www.freebsd.org/ : To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message