Date: Sat, 14 Mar 1998 12:22:50 -0800 (PST) From: Sean Harding <sharding@ophelia.uoregon.edu> To: Ken Ninh <nindo@admin.inetport.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: telnet and login as root Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980314122035.5349B-100000@ophelia.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.980314084201.15222A-100000@admin.inetport.com>
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On Sat, 14 Mar 1998, Ken Ninh wrote: > Hello - I am unable telnet and login as root. Is this a restriction > of freeBSD? Yes, this is a restriction, though it isn't unique to FreeBSD. The network ttys aren't considered secure (for good reason). > "not in the correct group to su root" You need to add yourself to the group "wheel". Obviously you need to login as root to do that :-) And you'd need to login as root to make the changes necessary to login as root on a network tty. So, it seems you are out of luck until you can get to the console. Sean -- "Believe me, the truth is we're not honest. Not the people that we dream." --10,000 Maniacs, "Eden" Sean Harding, sharding@oregon.uoregon.edu http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~sharding/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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