Date: Wed, 13 May 1998 11:30:35 +0300 (EET DST) From: Evren Yurtesen <yurtesen@ispro.net.tr> To: Giap Vu <giqu@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Root user can't login Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.96.980513112752.11143B-100000@avrasya.ispro.net.tr> In-Reply-To: <19980513050400.13338.qmail@hotmail.com>
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you should use adduser to add an account for yourself if you already have an account(other than root) in your machine then you should put into wheel group by editing /etc/group file you should write your username next to wheel seperated by a comma wheel:*:0:root,username then you can enter to system with your username and the execute su - command, now it should ask for root's password and when you enter it...tadaa you are root... it does not accept you to telnet to a machine and use root account because of some security problems (probably sniffers) +--------------------------------------------------------+ | Name : Evren Yurtesen - yurtesen@ispro.net.tr | | S-mail: Mithatpasa Cad. No:1079/13 35290 Guzelyali | | Home:+90-232-2857604 Work:+90-232-2463992 Izmir/TURKEY | +--------------------------------------------------------+ On Tue, 12 May 1998, Giap Vu wrote: > Hi there, > I try to telnet my FreeBSD computer from a Windows 95 using the root > account and get the message "Login incorrect." I wonder if this is the > way FreeBSD works or I miss something here. The reason I want > to login with the root remotely is because I leave my FreeBSD box in > the garage; you can imagine it's annoying to run up and down the stairs > to do administrative tasks on the FreeBSD box. > Would any one give me some insights to this? > > Giap Vu > giqu@hotmail.com > > ______________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > > 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
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