From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Nov 27 17:32: 1 2002 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 A8DE137B401 for ; Wed, 27 Nov 2002 17:32:00 -0800 (PST) Received: from mailsrv.otenet.gr (mailsrv.otenet.gr [195.170.0.5]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6F25C43EAF for ; Wed, 27 Nov 2002 17:31:58 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from gothmog.gr (patr530-b140.otenet.gr [212.205.244.148]) by mailsrv.otenet.gr (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id gAS1Vrpu015261; Thu, 28 Nov 2002 03:31:55 +0200 (EET) Received: from gothmog.gr (gothmog [127.0.0.1]) by gothmog.gr (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id gAS1Vq7W031562; Thu, 28 Nov 2002 03:31:52 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: (from keramida@localhost) by gothmog.gr (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id gAS1VpPQ031561; Thu, 28 Nov 2002 03:31:51 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2002 03:31:51 +0200 From: Giorgos Keramidas To: "Alvaro Rosales R." Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How to enable telnet with root? Message-ID: <20021128013151.GA31196@gothmog.gr> References: <3DE51634.2540.2567FE2@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3DE51634.2540.2567FE2@localhost> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On 2002-11-27 19:00, "Alvaro Rosales R." wrote: > Hi friends. I would like to enable root access to telnet (I know > that it is not secure, but I need to make some tests and I don't > want to su to root because I loose root variables. What 'root variables' are you referring to? Oh, and by the way, logging in as root over TELNET is not a good idea. You shouldn't do it, unless you really know that you are safe. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message