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Date:      Wed, 19 Feb 1997 21:13:34 -0400 (AST)
From:      The Hermit Hacker <scrappy@hub.org>
To:        Larry Dolinar <LARRYD@bldg1.croute.com>
Cc:        owner-questions@freebsd.org, questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: too much security
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.95.970219211313.23132A-100000@thelab.hub.org>
In-Reply-To: <61A687D700D@bldg1.croute.com>

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On Wed, 19 Feb 1997, Larry Dolinar wrote:

> and the clouds parted, and on 19 Feb 97, The Hermit Hacker <scrappy@hub.org> said:
> 
> >On Wed, 19 Feb 1997, Graham Dresch wrote:
> >
> >> 
> >> Sorry to send this here, but i don't know who else to ask.
> >> 
> >> How do i disable the 'security feature' that prevents telnet logins as 
> >> root ? ( FreeBSD 2.1 )
> >>
> >    Go into /etc/ttys and add secure to the tail end of all the
> >'network' devices
> >
> >
> 
> But if you forget the 'kill -HUP 1' you're faced with a nasty reboot    8).
>
	Granted I forgot the 'kill -HUP'...but nasty reboot?




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