From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Feb 10 15:25:39 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA06781 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 10 Feb 1999 15:25:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from inet.chip-web.com (c1003518-a.plstn1.sfba.home.com [24.1.82.47]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id PAA06776 for ; Wed, 10 Feb 1999 15:25:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ludwigp@bigfoot.com) Received: (qmail 24587 invoked from network); 10 Feb 1999 23:25:36 -0000 Received: from speedy.chip-web.com (HELO speedy) (172.16.1.1) by inet.chip-web.com with SMTP; 10 Feb 1999 23:25:36 -0000 Message-Id: <4.1.19990210152445.03eecee0@mail-r> X-Sender: ludwigp2@mail-r X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.1 Date: Wed, 10 Feb 1999 15:25:34 -0800 To: , From: Ludwig Pummer Subject: Re: telnet root login Cc: "Keith Malson" In-Reply-To: <000001be5542$812cc530$e1bc4690@carspc01.snprwi.tel.gte.com > Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG At 02:12 PM 2/10/99 , Keith Malson wrote: >I am >wondering how I can disable the security that prevents >me from signing in as root from anywhere other than the >console. Edit /etc/ttys and change the telnet ttyp* to 'secure' instead of 'insecure'. --Ludwig Pummer ( ludwigp@bigfoot.com ) ICQ UIN: 692441 ( ludwigp@email.com ) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message