Date: Thu, 18 Jun 1998 11:14:59 +0800 (WST) From: Dean Hollister <dean@odyssey.apana.org.au> To: Brendan Kosowski <brendan@bmkind.lnk.telstra.net> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: giving root telnet access Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980618111143.23900A-100000@odyssey.apana.org.au> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980618121358.984A-100000@bmkind.lnk.telstra.net>
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On Thu, 18 Jun 1998, Brendan Kosowski wrote: > How do I give root telnet access ??? You mean being able to telnet in and login directly as root? Edit /etc/ttys Scroll down to the network ttys "ttyp"'s (at the end). For the first half a dozen of so entries, change each to: ttyp0 none network secure ...and so on... Save the changes, the execute: kill -HUP 1 (send a HUP to init). > P.S. - I understand the security risk. Personally and professionally, I would *never* allow root login on any terminal, other than the box's keyboard itself. And only then, if that was in a secure location. Regards, d. +-------------------------------------------------------+ | Dean Hollister, | dean@mushka.ml.org | | Perth, Western Australia. | 12840184 ICQ | +-------------------------------------------------------+ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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