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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              |
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