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Date:      Fri, 5 Dec 1997 12:44:59 -0800 (PST)
From:      Archie Cobbs <archie@whistle.com>
To:        ircadmin@shellnet.co.uk
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Telnet Root access
Message-ID:  <199712052044.MAA22735@bubba.whistle.com>
In-Reply-To: <01bd01aa$f4f35de0$09d181c2@user2.shellnet.co.uk> from Steven Fletcher at "Dec 5, 97 06:24:00 pm"

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Steven Fletcher writes:
> I've just installed FreeBSD 2.2.5 via FTP, and I can telnet into the machine
> using any other user than root. The prompt simply says that the login fails,
> but any other users is OK. I've check capitalisation, but I'm not sure why
> this is happening.

Edit /etc/ttys and add "secure" to the pseudo-terminal lines?

This is not a freebsd-current question, btw.

-Archie

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