Date: Fri, 11 May 2001 07:25:06 -0400 From: Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net> To: "Mark Sergeant" <msergeant@snsonline.net>, "Lim Seng Chor" <Lim.Seng.Chor@sit.edu.my> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: preventing direct root login on telnetd Message-ID: <4.2.2.20010511072418.02d3dd30@192.168.0.12> In-Reply-To: <200105110639.f4B6dVw00660@xyzzy.intranet.snsonline.net> References: <3AFBF92D.16732.AA3733@localhost> <3AFBF92D.16732.AA3733@localhost>
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Hi,
Yes, I know when it happens, and how it happens. I just want to
stop it from happening.
---Mike
At 01:39 AM 5/11/2001 -0500, Mark Sergeant wrote:
>If you telnet from another machine you are able to log in as root using SRA.
>This has only happened since 4.3-RELEASE.
>
>cheers,
>
>Mark
>
>On Fri, 11 May 2001 14:37:44 +0800, Lim Seng Chor said:
>
>:: go and modify your /etc/login.access
>::
>:: by default, root login is not allowed in ssh and telnet but console
>:: only.
>::
>:: On 11 May 2001, at 0:09, Mike Tancsa wrote:
>::
>:: >
>:: > Is there a way to prevent root from logging in directly on STABLE via
>:: > telnet ?
>:: >
>:: > ---Mike
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>:: > Network Administration, mike@sentex.net
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>--
>Mark Sergeant
>Unix Systems Administrator
>
>Fortune follows...
>
>If you keep anything long enough, you can throw it away.
>
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