From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Apr 24 10:53:55 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 91D5A16A4CE for ; Sun, 24 Apr 2005 10:53:55 +0000 (GMT) Received: from zproxy.gmail.com (zproxy.gmail.com [64.233.162.195]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 35C5B43D64 for ; Sun, 24 Apr 2005 10:53:55 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from fierykylin@gmail.com) Received: by zproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id 18so235703nzp for ; Sun, 24 Apr 2005 03:53:54 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=lmw2sUpv3LnH7gVbuZz+BLEnmPLpJMF92YkeTb8cdjoPhclhTOX4N9K4dAcvkH5/ZHGfB0t+y+u2CYOczBbzPzwo/xlVljQeb0reWdevX/P7HIogUT4QBhJiyFYoxfL4xTJnFwCTnwSlv5SmAgXXG8Cf9zZP8xmps/CCz7kLAoE= Received: by 10.36.108.14 with SMTP id g14mr406729nzc; Sun, 24 Apr 2005 03:53:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.36.104.6 with HTTP; Sun, 24 Apr 2005 03:53:53 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <87ab37ab050424035320a2266@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sun, 24 Apr 2005 18:53:53 +0800 From: kylin To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, kylin In-Reply-To: <20050424102927.GA70619@slackbox.xs4all.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline References: <87ab37ab05042403091245f21b@mail.gmail.com> <20050424102927.GA70619@slackbox.xs4all.nl> Subject: Re: how to enable the root in telnet X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: kylin List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 24 Apr 2005 10:53:55 -0000 thank u for your advise! but now i am in a very save local network ,and the su return sorry in my telnet, so is that mean i have to go to ssh? or can i chage some file to enable it= =20 thank u and best wishes On 4/24/05, Roland Smith wrote: > 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? >=20 > You're not supposed to log in as root over telnet. It would expose the ro= ot > password to anybody intercepting your IP traffic. >=20 > 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. >=20 > 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 >=20 >=20 >=20 --=20 we who r about to die,salute u!