Date: Sun, 24 Apr 2005 13:36:35 +0200 From: "Lis" <lis@1234567890qwertzuiopasdfghjklyxcvbnm.de> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: how to enable the root in telnet Message-ID: <000901c548c1$df31d480$0200a8c0@xp2400> References: <87ab37ab05042403091245f21b@mail.gmail.com> <20050424102927.GA70619@slackbox.xs4all.nl> <87ab37ab050424035320a2266@mail.gmail.com>
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u have to log in with your normal account that is not your root account... add this account to the group wheel and su to root... ----- Original Message ----- From: "kylin" <fierykylin@gmail.com> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>; "kylin" <fierykylin@gmail.com> Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2005 12:53 PM Subject: Re: how to enable the root in telnet > 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 > thank u and best wishes > > On 4/24/05, Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> 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? >> >> 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 >> >> >> > > > -- > we who r about to die,salute u! > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >
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