Date: Tue, 9 Feb 1999 18:09:26 -0500 From: "Jonathan Weaver" <jweaver@websitefactory.net> To: <keith.malson@tel.gte.com>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: telnet root login Message-ID: <001301be5481$3d8519c0$90531ad0@weaver.websitefactory.net>
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>Hi,
>
>I just purchased and installed a copy of FreeBSD. I am
>wondering how I can disable the security that prevents
>me from signing in as root from anywhere other than the
>console. I have seen this before with Solaris, but can't remember how I
got
>around it.
The best method is to create a user and stick him in the "wheel" group. You
log in as the user
and then you "su -l" to root.
If you must have it your way, "man ttys" /etc/ttys is the file you want to
edit.
- Jonathan Weaver
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