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Subject: Re: All Wierd and Pissed Off... 
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From: David Greenman <dg@root.com>
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Date: Wed, 24 Jun 1998 21:59:22 -0700
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>Okay, I'm pretty new to FreeBSD (Unix) in general.  I need to have root
>access to my server from a telnet session because I am not always in
>front of the computer, but, well, I think I've found a new love... I
>think everyone on this list will understand this love.  
>
>When I try to login to my server as root, it tells me that the login is
>incorrect.  I've also tried to login as a normal user and then rlogin as

   You should use 'su'. Both rlogin and telnet won't all root logins unless
you change /etc/ttys and make all ptys (e.g. ttyp*) "secure".

-DG

David Greenman
Co-founder/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project

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