Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2000 11:42:34 -0600 From: "DINKEY,GENE (Non-HP-Loveland,ex1)" <charles_dinkey@non.hp.com> To: "'webmaster@wmptl.com'" <webmaster@wmptl.com>, Daniel Ruthardt <ruthardt@chello.at> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Telnet access from local network using "root" Message-ID: <F341E03C8ED6D311805E00902761278C5313A1@xfc04.fc.hp.com>
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sudo is also a good way to do this. It will let you restrict what commands a user can run as root and keeps a log of what commands are run. This can be installed from ports. Gene Dinkey (return address broken, please reply to gene_dinkey@hp.com) >-----Original Message----- >From: Nathan Vidican [mailto:webmaster@wmptl.com] >Sent: Friday, June 02, 2000 11:39 AM >To: Daniel Ruthardt >Cc: questions@freebsd.org >Subject: Re: Telnet access from local network using "root" > > >> Daniel Ruthardt wrote: >> >> How do I tell FreeBSD that I want to allow my local network to access >> my FreeBSD server using the "root" username via Telnet? Please help, >> this is very important 'cause my server has no graphic card nor an >> monitor (-; >> >> Thanks, >> Daniel Ruthardt > >add users which you wish to be able to 'su root' into the >group 'wheel'. >See /etc/group, edit it, and add the username of any regular user to >that group, then login via telnet as that user, type 'su' and enter the >root password. It is not traditionally secure to telnet as root >directly. > >-- >Nathan Vidican >webmaster@wmptl.com >Windsor Match Plate & Tool Ltd. >http://www.wmptl.com/ > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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