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From: The Classiest Man Alive <ksmm@cybercom.net>
To: Jim Bryant <jbryant@unix.tfs.net>
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On Fri, 5 Dec 1997, Jim Bryant wrote:

 : btw: you CAN log in as root via telnet, but i'm not going to have the
 : finger pointing at me for telling this guy which configuration file to
 : change, which by default diallows root logins over a pty.


What finger pointing?  It's just sharing the knowledge.  I'd actually like 
to know this myself.

K.S.

PS -- If you don't want to get in trouble, just whisper it back to me
privately.