Date: Mon, 17 Mar 1997 13:03:12 -0800 (PST) From: Snob Art Genre <ben@narcissus.ml.org> To: Stan Brown <stanb@netcom.com> Cc: Free BSD Questions list <freebsd-questions@freebsd.com> Subject: Re: Can't login as root using xdm (2.2) Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.95.970317125933.15237C-100000@narcissus.ml.org> In-Reply-To: <199703170159.UAA10796@netcom22.netcom.com>
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On Sun, 16 Mar 1997, Stan Brown wrote: > I have installed 2.2 on a Toshiba Tecra 500CDT. For some reason I can't > login as root at the xdm prompt. An ordinary user works fine. root can > login from a svag login prompt. > > What might I have wrong here? Nothing; this is the result of a correct configuration. :) In /etc/ttys, ttys are marked as either "secure" or "insecure", defaulting to the latter. Only ttys marked "secure" will allow root logins. X uses network ttys, ttyp?, which are by default insecure. Unless you have absolutely no need for security, you're better off leaving them that way. > -- > Stan Brown stanb@netcom.com 404-996-6955 > Factory Automation Systems > Atlanta Ga. > -- > Look, look, see Windows 95. Buy, lemmings, buy! > Pay no attention to that cliff ahead... Henry Spencer > (c) 1997 Stan Brown. Redistribution via the Microsoft Network is prohibited. > Ben "You have your mind on computers, it seems."
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