Date: Thu, 28 Nov 1996 09:35:35 -0700 (MST) From: Marc Slemko <marcs@znep.com> To: "C. Novara" <Christophe.Novara@inforoute.cgs.fr> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Root connexion over network Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95.961128092622.16819A-100000@alive.ampr.ab.ca> In-Reply-To: <329D74F4.7922@inforoute.cgs.fr>
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Don't. There is little reason to allow it. root should only be used when necessary, and something like su should be used when you need to do things as root. This is mainly for logging; if someone logs in as root from the console, you know it has to be someone with access to the console. If someone does it over the network, you have no idea who it is. That said, if you really want to, allow this add "secure" to the end of each ttyp* line in /etc/ttys and do a "kill -HUP 1". On Thu, 28 Nov 1996, C. Novara wrote: > How can I connect root through a telnet connexion ? > I get a message like 'root login refused on this terminal' > > Adding a line like : > +:root:ALL > in login.access didn't change anything. > > Of course someone knows...:) > > TIA >
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