Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2002 08:49:34 +1000 (EST) From: "Daniel O'Callaghan" <danny@clari.net.au> To: Roberto Nunnari <nunnari@die.supsi.ch> Cc: Ken Ryan <ryuken75@m-net.arbornet.org>, <freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: How can I use "root" as a telnet account? Message-ID: <20020629084808.X14587-100000@neon.clari.net.au> In-Reply-To: <3D1C3792.7070506@die.supsi.ch>
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On Fri, 28 Jun 2002, Roberto Nunnari wrote: > add the host you're connecting from to /etc/hosts.equiv > > Ken Ryan wrote: > > > Hello, Everyone: > > How can I use "root" as a telnet account? > > It is disabled by default. > > Thank you. I think you'll find that hosts.equiv does not give root access. Only root's own .rhosts will do that. But the answer you are looking for is to add the word 'secure' to the end of the entry in /etc/ttys for ttyp0 etc. Danny To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-small" in the body of the message
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