Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2002 21:04:36 -0500 From: "Doug Reynolds" <mav@wastegate.net> To: "Giorgos Keramidas" <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>, "Konrad Heuer" <kheuer2@gwdg.de> Cc: "Alvaro Rosales R." <aran80@wintersperu.com.pe>, "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: How to enable telnet with root? Message-ID: <20021129021505.1E5A848463@wastegate.net> In-Reply-To: <20021128082544.B78309-100000@gwdu60.gwdg.de>
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On Thu, 28 Nov 2002 08:27:49 +0100 (CET), Konrad Heuer wrote: > >On Thu, 28 Nov 2002, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > >> On 2002-11-27 19:00, "Alvaro Rosales R." <aran80@wintersperu.com.pe> 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. > >Isn't > > su - > >what you really need to get a root login shell with all startup files >executed? I use "su -l" any it is the same as logging in as I know --- doug reynolds | the maverick | mav@wastegate.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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