Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2002 08:27:49 +0100 (CET) From: Konrad Heuer <kheuer2@gwdg.de> To: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> Cc: "Alvaro Rosales R." <aran80@wintersperu.com.pe>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: How to enable telnet with root? Message-ID: <20021128082544.B78309-100000@gwdu60.gwdg.de> In-Reply-To: <20021128013151.GA31196@gothmog.gr>
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On Thu, 28 Nov 2002, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > On 2002-11-27 19:00, "Alvaro Rosales R." <aran80@wintersperu.com.pe> wrote: > > Hi friends. I would like to enable root access to telnet (I know > > that it is not secure, but I need to make some tests and I don't > > want to su to root because I loose root variables. > > What 'root variables' are you referring to? > > Oh, and by the way, logging in as root over TELNET is not a good idea. > You shouldn't do it, unless you really know that you are safe. Isn't su - what you really need to get a root login shell with all startup files executed? Regards Konrad Heuer To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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