From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jun 17 19:45:30 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA29925 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 17 Jun 1998 19:45:30 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from amber.ecom.net (secure.ecom.net [207.155.73.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA29917 for ; Wed, 17 Jun 1998 19:45:26 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from randyk@ccsales.com) Received: from ntrkcasa (b220.ecom.net [207.13.225.220]) by amber.ecom.net (8.8.8/8.8.7) with SMTP id TAA06102; Wed, 17 Jun 1998 19:44:48 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from randyk@ccsales.com) Message-Id: <3.0.5.32.19980617194133.05196c10@ccsales.com> X-Sender: randyk@ccsales.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.5 (32) Date: Wed, 17 Jun 1998 19:41:33 -0700 To: Brendan Kosowski , questions@FreeBSD.ORG From: "Randy A. Katz" Subject: Re: giving root telnet access In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 1. Add a user which belongs also to the group "wheel", this is the group that can su to root. a. Use the adduser command and specify wheel when prompted for other groups or: b. Add a user and then edit /etc/group and add the username into the group wheel: wheel:*:0:root,username1,username2 2. telnet to the box and login with username1. 3. su [ENTER] 4. use root's password... Take care... At 12:17 PM 6/18/98 +1000, Brendan Kosowski wrote: > >How do I give root telnet access ??? > > >Thanks & Regards, Brendan... > > >P.S. - I understand the security risk. > > >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