From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Apr 24 10:29:29 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E637916A4CE for ; Sun, 24 Apr 2005 10:29:29 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp-vbr14.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr14.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.34]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4436943D31 for ; Sun, 24 Apr 2005 10:29:29 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from slackbox.xs4all.nl (slackbox.xs4all.nl [213.84.242.160]) j3OATRs8043228; Sun, 24 Apr 2005 12:29:28 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: by slackbox.xs4all.nl (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 9313361A9; Sun, 24 Apr 2005 12:29:27 +0200 (CEST) Date: Sun, 24 Apr 2005 12:29:27 +0200 From: Roland Smith To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20050424102927.GA70619@slackbox.xs4all.nl> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, kylin References: <87ab37ab05042403091245f21b@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="EeQfGwPcQSOJBaQU" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <87ab37ab05042403091245f21b@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-GPG-Fingerprint: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 X-GPG-Key: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/pubkey.txt X-GPG-Notice: If this message is not signed, don't assume I sent it! Organization: Me, organized? X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner cc: kylin Subject: Re: how to enable the root in telnet X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 24 Apr 2005 10:29:30 -0000 --EeQfGwPcQSOJBaQU Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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 --=20 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 --EeQfGwPcQSOJBaQU Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFCa3UHEnfvsMMhpyURApLYAJ9UGDPMAPhax/1qFnUYbDeS9KVTtQCfX1mj 4yQp+sBWxIM7v0Gyt4aOM/0= =TZCC -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --EeQfGwPcQSOJBaQU--