Date: Sun, 24 Apr 2005 18:53:53 +0800 From: kylin <fierykylin@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, kylin <fierykylin@gmail.com> Subject: Re: how to enable the root in telnet Message-ID: <87ab37ab050424035320a2266@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20050424102927.GA70619@slackbox.xs4all.nl> References: <87ab37ab05042403091245f21b@mail.gmail.com> <20050424102927.GA70619@slackbox.xs4all.nl>
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thank u for your advise! but now i am in a very save local network ,and the su return sorry in my telnet, so is that mean i have to go to ssh? or can i chage some file to enable it= =20 thank u and best wishes On 4/24/05, Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> wrote: > On Sun, Apr 24, 2005 at 06:09:38PM +0800, kylin wrote: > > i find it difficult to use root account when i telnet to freebsd 5.3 > > release , anything need to change? >=20 > You're not supposed to log in as root over telnet. It would expose the ro= ot > password to anybody intercepting your IP traffic. >=20 > It would be advisable to log in as a normal user via ssh (secure shell) > and then su to root. Even if your ssh keys were compromised, an attacker > would only gain access as a normal user. And since all communications > are encrypted, it would be hard for an listener to get the root password. >=20 > Roland > -- > R.F. Smith /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign > r s m i t h @ x s 4 a l l . n l \ / No HTML/RTF in e-mail > http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ X No Word docs in e-mail > public key: http://www.keyserver.net / \ Respect for open standards >=20 >=20 >=20 --=20 we who r about to die,salute u!
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