From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jan 6 23:05:27 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id XAA18882 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 6 Jan 1998 23:05:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from ocala.cs.miami.edu (ocala.cs.miami.edu [129.171.34.17]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id XAA18874 for ; Tue, 6 Jan 1998 23:05:21 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jmcla@ocala.cs.miami.edu) Received: from ocala.cs.miami.edu by ocala.cs.miami.edu via SMTP (950413.SGI.8.6.12/940406.SGI) id BAA21062; Wed, 7 Jan 1998 01:45:21 -0500 Date: Wed, 7 Jan 1998 01:45:21 -0500 (EST) From: "Joe \"Marcus\" Clarke" To: Paul Gilletti cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: root Telnet into FreeBSD In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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 > > ______________________________________________________________ >