Date: Sun, 24 Apr 2005 12:29:27 +0200 From: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: kylin <fierykylin@gmail.com> Subject: Re: how to enable the root in telnet Message-ID: <20050424102927.GA70619@slackbox.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <87ab37ab05042403091245f21b@mail.gmail.com> References: <87ab37ab05042403091245f21b@mail.gmail.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Sun, Apr 24, 2005 at 06:09:38PM +0800, kylin wrote: > i find it difficult to use root account when i telnet to freebsd 5.3 > release , anything need to change? You're not supposed to log in as root over telnet. It would expose the root password to anybody intercepting your IP traffic. It would be advisable to log in as a normal user via ssh (secure shell) and then su to root. Even if your ssh keys were compromised, an attacker would only gain access as a normal user. And since all communications are encrypted, it would be hard for an listener to get the root password. Roland -- R.F. Smith /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign r s m i t h @ x s 4 a l l . n l \ / No HTML/RTF in e-mail http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ X No Word docs in e-mail public key: http://www.keyserver.net / \ Respect for open standards [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFCa3UHEnfvsMMhpyURApLYAJ9UGDPMAPhax/1qFnUYbDeS9KVTtQCfX1mj 4yQp+sBWxIM7v0Gyt4aOM/0= =TZCC -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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