Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1998 08:40:34 +1300 From: "Dan Langille" <junkmale@xtra.co.nz> To: warchild@freenet.hut.fi (Sampsa Kostia) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: root login remotely Message-ID: <199811051940.IAA09406@witch.xtra.co.nz> In-Reply-To: <199811051726.TAA08064@learnet.freenet.hut.fi>
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On 5 Nov 98, at 19:26, Sampsa Kostia wrote: > What do I have to do to enable the possibility that > root could login from another site than local, via telnet. I've been told that, for security reasons, root is not allowed to login remotely. What you can do is use the super user command. su. Login as a regular user, who must be a member of the wheel group. Then type su, supply the root password, and you're effectively root. Note: you should consider using a secure shell, such as ssh, for all remote logins. Normal shells send all text, including passwords and login ids, in clear text. -- 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
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