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Date:      Tue, 27 Jul 1999 21:21:06 -0500
From:      "Paul R. Petitt" <prpetitt@theshop.net>
To:        "V. Keller" <vkeller@uswest.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: root telnet access
Message-ID:  <4.2.0.58.19990727211848.00a34250@mail.theshop.net>
In-Reply-To: <3.0.32.19990727184756.006f067c@pop.eugn.uswest.net>

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At 06:48 PM 7/27/99 -0700, you wrote:

you should telnet in as a regular user, if you are a member of group wheel,
then you can su, and do whatever you need to as root.


>I'm a total newbie to freebsd....but, I need to telnet in to my server as
>root. Right now its a fresh install and it won't allow root to telnet in. I
>know it's a security leak, but I need it for a few days.What file do I
>alter, and what is the syntax?
>Thanx,
>V. Keller
>
>
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