Date: Wed, 11 Mar 1998 17:29:13 +0800 (WST) From: Dean Hollister <dean@odyssey.apana.org.au> To: Glenn Johnson <glenn@andover.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How do you assign the ROOT user to be able to access via TELNET? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980311172847.4158A-100000@odyssey.apana.org.au> In-Reply-To: <350658D8.45FF@andover.co.uk>
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On Wed, 11 Mar 1998, Glenn Johnson wrote: > However, my next question is quite valid - how do I login as ROOT from a > telnet session? I would assume that it has been disabled for security > reasons, but I need remote access. I have already found out that to > allow ROOT to access via FTP, you need to hash it out in the FTPUSERS > file in /ETC. No problem. But there dosen't seem to be the same type > of file for TELNET users? telnet in as a regular user, then su to root. It is much safer. Regards, d. +-------------------------------------------------------+ | Dean Hollister, | dean@odyssey.apana.org.au | | Perth, Western Australia. | deanh@iinet.net.au | +-------------------------------------------------------+ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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