From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jul 27 19: 0:21 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from 42interactive.com (greimann.erols.com [209.122.149.149]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E353414E88 for ; Tue, 27 Jul 1999 19:00:14 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ed@42interactive.com) Received: from 207-172-116-159.s32.as3.dwt.pa.dialup.rcn.com (207-172-116-159.s32.as3.dwt.pa.dialup.rcn.com [207.172.116.159]) by 42interactive.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id WAA16872; Tue, 27 Jul 1999 22:03:31 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from ed@42interactive.com) Date: Tue, 27 Jul 1999 21:57:02 -0400 (Eastern Daylight Time) From: Ed Vander Bush To: "V. Keller" Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: root telnet access In-Reply-To: <3.0.32.19990727184756.006f067c@pop.eugn.uswest.net> Message-ID: X-X-Sender: ed@free.threeprime.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Make a user account and telnet into that user account. Once logged in type su and enter the root password. Then you will be logged in as root, You never want to open root as a telnet account! ED Ed Vander Bush ed@42interactive.com On Tue, 27 Jul 1999, V. Keller wrote: > I'm a total newbie to freebsd....but, I need to telnet in to my server as > root. Right now its a fresh install and it won't allow root to telnet in. I > know it's a security leak, but I need it for a few days.What file do I > alter, and what is the syntax? > Thanx, > V. Keller > > > 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