From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Dec 5 13:08:52 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id NAA08809 for hackers-outgoing; Fri, 5 Dec 1997 13:08:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers) Received: from unix.tfs.net (as1-p17.tfs.net [139.146.205.17]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id NAA08777 for ; Fri, 5 Dec 1997 13:08:25 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jbryant@unix.tfs.net) Received: (from jbryant@localhost) by unix.tfs.net (8.8.8/8.8.5) id PAA00924; Fri, 5 Dec 1997 15:04:47 -0600 (CST) From: Jim Bryant Message-Id: <199712052104.PAA00924@unix.tfs.net> Subject: Re: Telnet Root access In-Reply-To: <199712051941.NAA18863@home.dragondata.com> from Kevin Day at "Dec 5, 97 01:41:04 pm" To: toasty@home.dragondata.com (Kevin Day) Date: Fri, 5 Dec 1997 15:04:23 -0600 (CST) Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Reply-to: jbryant@unix.tfs.net X-Windows: R00LZ!@# MS-Winbl0wz DR00LZ!@# X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT #0: Mon Dec 1 15:51:40 CST 1997 X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL31H (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk In reply: > > I've just installed FreeBSD 2.2.5 via FTP, and I can telnet into the machine > > using any other user than root. The prompt simply says that the login fails, > > but any other users is OK. I've check capitalisation, but I'm not sure why > > this is happening. > > > > If anyone has any ideas, please reply > > > > Thanks. > > Steven Fletcher > > steven@shellnet.co.uk > > > > > > > > You can't telnet in as root, as pty's aren't considered 'secure'. > > You have to telnet in as a user, then su. > > Kevin one can argue that if logging in as root via telnet is insecure, then using su while logged in via telnet is just as insecure. as i said in my earlier message [freefall is running slow today], i do highly suggest getting the ssh/sshd package for the purpose of logging in via insecure connections, even then, i still recommend using su. btw: you CAN log in as root via telnet, but i'm not going to have the finger pointing at me for telling this guy which configuration file to change, which by default diallows root logins over a pty. is ssh/sshd a package yet? last time i made it, i had to build it myself... jim -- All opinions expressed are mine, if you | "I will not be pushed, stamped, think otherwise, then go jump into turbid | briefed, debriefed, indexed, or radioactive waters and yell WAHOO !!! | numbered!" - #1, "The Prisoner" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Inet: jbryant@tfs.net AX.25: kc5vdj@wv0t.#neks.ks.usa.noam grid: EM28pw voice: KC5VDJ - 6 & 2 Meters AM/FM/SSB, 70cm FM. http://www.tfs.net/~jbryant ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ HF/6M/2M: IC-706-MkII, 2M: HTX-212, 2M: HTX-202, 70cm: HTX-404, Packet: KPC-3+