Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2001 13:04:22 -0500 From: "Todd Reed" <ex279@hotmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: shutdown -k & root login from telnet Message-ID: <F242VakNHo2qddYsIL50001232f@hotmail.com>
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I've got two issues I'm trying to resolve. 1. When I do a "shutdown -k now", it doesn't kick off any users. I created a regular user with no groups, etc. Logged in had that user, then from another telnet session, I logged in as myself and done a shutdown -k. Nothing happened except that a message was displayed. When I logged out, I couldn't log back in, that was good; but I thought users in the wheel groups would be able to log in? 2. Why doesn't FreeBSD allow users to login as root from a telnet session (I know it due to security)? I had to go to the server to reboot the system. I can always su, but I couldn't because of the shutdown -k. Is there a way to allow it to? --Todd _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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