From owner-freebsd-questions Sat May 30 07:37:23 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA17766 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sat, 30 May 1998 07:37:23 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from firewall2.startribune.com (firewall2.startribune.com [132.148.80.211]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id HAA17735 for ; Sat, 30 May 1998 07:36:49 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bendede@startribune.com) Received: by firewall2.startribune.com; id JAA25978; Sat, 30 May 1998 09:45:12 -0500 (CDT) Received: from mailserv1.startribune.com(132.148.25.25) by firewall2.startribune.com via smap (3.2) id xma025970; Sat, 30 May 98 09:45:04 -0500 Received: from MANNY by mailserv1.startribune.com; Sat, 30 May 1998 09:43:26 -0500 (CDT) Received: by MANNY with Microsoft Mail id <01BD8BAF.1FA88F40@MANNY>; Sat, 30 May 1998 09:41:30 -0500 Message-ID: <01BD8BAF.1FA88F40@MANNY> From: Dave Bender To: "'questions@freebsd.org'" Subject: remote root access Date: Sat, 30 May 1998 09:41:26 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Is there some default I can change to allow myself to log in as root via a telnet or other type of remote session? If I telnet to my freeBSD machine from a Windows machine from across the room, I get "login incorrect" for the root login even though I'm sure I've got the right password (Had no password for a while and thought that was the problem. 'twasn't.) I understand the rationale of having a strict default behavior but this machine is in my apartment; I'm not too concerned about my wife or five-week-old daughter wreaking havoc on my systems. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message