Date: Wed, 7 Jan 1998 01:45:21 -0500 (EST) From: "Joe \"Marcus\" Clarke" <jmcla@ocala.cs.miami.edu> To: Paul Gilletti <support@sensorsoft.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: root Telnet into FreeBSD Message-ID: <Pine.SGI.3.96.980107014418.21030A-100000@ocala.cs.miami.edu> In-Reply-To: <E0xpotD-0006ep-00@mail.istar.ca>
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By default (for obvious security reasons) root is not allowed to log in from telnet. To enable this, simply add the word "secure" next to your ttyp's in /etc/ttys. Then, kill -1 1. Then root can telnet in. Joe Clarke On Wed, 7 Jan 1998, Paul Gilletti wrote: > We have installed FreeBSD from your Walnet Creek CD-ROM. We are trying to > login to the FreeBSD box (as root,with correct password) using telnet from a > Sun and SCO box on our LAN. The login prompt shows up on the SUN or SCO side > and we attempt to login, but get a login failure. On the FreeBSD console it > says that the login was rejected, even though we set the following in the > file /etc/login.access on the FreeBSD box; > > +:root:ALL > > How do we overcome this problem? > > Paul > > > ______________________________________________________________ > > Qtek > 912 Toll Rd., Mississauga, Ontario, Canada L4W 3W9 > Phone: (905) 276-5556 Fax: (905) 276-4202 > Email: info@sensorsoft.com Web: www.sensorsoft.com > > ______________________________________________________________ >
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