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Date:      Tue, 13 Mar 2001 03:34:59 -0600
From:      Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org>
To:        TJ Herring <therring@midsouth.rr.com>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: root login messages
Message-ID:  <15021.59843.649259.614971@guru.mired.org>
In-Reply-To: <49308689@toto.iv>

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TJ Herring <therring@midsouth.rr.com> types:
> Im definitely a freebsd newbie.  I have a question that probably has
> been asked many times in the past, but just cant find it in the mailing
> list archives.
> 
> How do I stop those irritating "Root Login" messages on the console?   I
> am running a single-user desktop and am not concerned about security.
> Please advise.

Actually, that isn't a FAQ; in both senses of the word. It's not in
the FAQ, and it's not asked very often. Those kinds of notices go to
any terminal that root logged into, so stop logging in as root; set up
and user a normal userid. That'll stop generating them as well.

	<mike
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