From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jan 11 04:55:41 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id EAA29249 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 11 Jan 1999 04:55:41 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mta2-rme.xtra.co.nz (203-96-92-3.ipnets.xtra.co.nz [203.96.92.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id EAA29240 for ; Mon, 11 Jan 1999 04:55:38 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from junkmale@pop3.xtra.co.nz) Received: from wocker ([210.55.210.87]) by mta2-rme.xtra.co.nz (InterMail v04.00.02.07 201-227-108) with SMTP id <19990111125547.YRRK678125.mta2-rme@wocker>; Tue, 12 Jan 1999 01:55:47 +1300 From: "Dan Langille" Organization: The FreeBSD Diary To: "Weinberg, Sandy" Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 01:55:05 +1300 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Subject: Re: FreeBSD 2.2.6 Reply-to: junkmale@xtra.co.nz CC: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-reply-to: X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Win32 (v3.01d) Message-Id: <19990111125547.YRRK678125.mta2-rme@wocker> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On 11 Jan 99, at 13:31, Weinberg, Sandy wrote: > I have possibly a strange question. I have recently inherited a system > which uses FreeBSD 2.2.6 which we use as a firewall. I can log onto the > system as myself, by never as root - even though I know the password. From > my own user I can su - using the root's password. Is there a > configuration file somewhere that I'm missing or is there another way to > create a root equivalent user? telnet to root is disabled by convention. It is better to telnet as another user and then use su. > I'd be VERY grateful to receive this information from you. I've tried > making changes in the passwd, groups, and aliases files to no avail. It can be changed, although it is not recommended as from a security point of view. Sorry, but I can't remember how. Also, I would advise using ssh instead of telnet. It is far more secure. -- Dan Langille The FreeBSD Diary http://www.FreeBSDDiary.com/freebsd To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message