Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2000 09:02:27 -0500 From: Greg Panula <gpanula@banko.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Root-Like telnet account Message-ID: <39EEFEF3.8C0373D0@banko.com> References: <MDAEMON10001200010151918.AA1823076@sbohm.yi.org> <007401c036f8$10325fe0$86e1e440@lmc.ericsson.se>
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Does the workstation you are telneting from have a resolvable IP address, i.e. a reverse look-up? Is the box you are telneting into able to resolve your workstation's name? Odds are inetd/tcp-wrappers are attempting to resolve the ip address of your workstation before giving you a login prompt, hence the long wait. You might want to check /etc/resolv.conf and make sure it points to valid and reachable dns. For the root thing, create yourself an id and add that id to the 'wheel' group. Then you can use the'su' command to switch to superuser status. Martin Gignac wrote: > > About your delays before login prompt appearance: are your workstation and > FreeBSD system on the same LAN segment, or are they separated by some sort > of packet filter? (or do you have ipfw running on the FreeBSD system)? > > -Martin > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <degraz@sbohm.yi.org> > To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> > Sent: Sunday, October 15, 2000 19:18 > Subject: Root-Like telnet account > > > Hi, > > > > I just installed FreeBSD on an older system I have, just to try it out, > and would like to be able to telnet into it, and configure things remotely. > Is is possible to make it so that I can login from root, or that another > account has many of the same pr > > velages as root, such as modifying configuration files? > > > > Also, when I login to through telnet, it connects, and sits for about 1-2 > minutes before I get a login dialog. After this, data transfers very > quickly. I get the same problem when logging into FTP, the client connects, > but then times out. FreeBSD giv > > s me some message about "icmp-response bandwidth limit 201/200 ppi." Does > this have anything to do with the problem, and what can I do about it? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Travis Troyer > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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