From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jul 23 13:23:59 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA27035 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 23 Jul 1998 13:23:59 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mail.techno-link.com (root@ns.techno-link.com [212.36.0.226]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA26948 for ; Thu, 23 Jul 1998 13:23:41 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from plamendp@ns.techno-link.com) Received: from techno-link.com (pool2-var.techno-link.com [212.36.1.193]) by mail.techno-link.com (8.8.8/8.8.602) with ESMTP id XAA26935 for ; Thu, 23 Jul 1998 23:23:09 +0300 Posted-Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 23:23:09 +0300 Message-ID: <35B79B6D.9D8DE428@techno-link.com> Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 23:22:06 +0300 From: Plamen Petkov Organization: ILKOM Ltd X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2.6-RELEASE i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" Subject: Re: Question about remote root console References: <8525664A.004EA91F.00@mta2.lotus.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Andrew_Werner/SSW/Lotus@lotus.com wrote: > I used to be on this list and back in March and April I saw a post about > how it is possible to gain root from a login elsewhere than the console > itself. How is this done? I can't remember how to do this. Any help you > have would be appreciated. > > Sincerely, > A.J. Werner > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message Login as non-root user first.. then su root.. if you know the password... :-) However, it's a matter of configuration to enable/disable remote root login.. plamen. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message