Date: Wed, 13 May 1998 18:36:33 +0800 (SGT) From: chas <panda@peace.com.my> To: Evren Yurtesen <yurtesen@ispro.net.tr>, Giap Vu <giqu@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Root user can't login Message-ID: <3.0.32.19980513185846.00939a10@peace.com.my>
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>it does not accept you to telnet to a machine and use root account >because of some security problems (probably sniffers) This is something I used to wonder about before we moved to ssh. If I telnet in as some user and then su to root, and if there's a sniffer, isn't he going to get both passwords anyway ? chas To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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