From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Nov 11 3:50:30 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from laurasia.com.au (lauras.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.93.142]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 85B5A15460 for ; Thu, 11 Nov 1999 03:50:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@laurasia.com.au) Received: (from mike@localhost) by laurasia.com.au (8.9.1a/8.9.1) id UAA27063; Thu, 11 Nov 1999 20:05:27 +0800 (WST) From: Michael Kennett Message-Id: <199911111205.UAA27063@laurasia.com.au> Subject: Re: Please help! In-Reply-To: <009b01bf2c5c$a43c6ca0$70c8fbcd@roadrunner.nf.net> from Tim at "Nov 11, 99 07:51:28 am" To: tmsharpe@roadrunner.nf.net (Tim) Date: Thu, 11 Nov 1999 20:05:26 +0800 (WST) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL32 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > I am working for a client, and he wants me to telnet into his server > which has FreeBSD. Can anyone please tgell me how to get in the root? > > Thanks > Tim You'll have to telnet into an account which is a member of the `wheel' group. Once your into such an account, do `su -' and enter the root password. By default, network logins to the root account are disabled. Have a look at the ttys (5) manpage for information on secure terminals (those which root can log into directly). Regards, Mike Kennett (mike@laurasia.com.au) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message