Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 22:18:49 +1300 From: "Dan Langille" <junkmale@xtra.co.nz> To: johnl@afes.com Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: telnet sessions for root Message-ID: <19990318091946.KPAW682101.mta1-rme@wocker> In-Reply-To: <36F0C0E3.52ABC998@yolo.net>
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On 18 Mar 99, at 1:01, John Laugenour wrote: > Having successfully installed FreeBSD I find I can > login through a telnet session as any user but > root, uid0. Attempts to login as root are refused > from host ..... > Can this be corrected and how? Yes it can, but it is not advised for the security risk. Far better to telnet as a user who is a member of wheel, then use su to become root. see /etc/ttys which says contains this: # status Must be on or off. If on, init will run the getty program on # the specified port. If the word "secure" appears, this tty # allows root login. -- 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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