Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2000 22:35:02 +0200 From: Jens Rehsack <rehsack@informatik.uni-halle.de> To: "Matt M." <matt@boda.virtualave.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: telnet into root Message-ID: <38ECF4F6.3C84B937@informatik.uni-halle.de> References: <006c01bf9ff5$f64febe0$873c67ce@800support.com>
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Hi!
"Matt M." schrieb:
>
> Just wondering how I can enable the option to telnet into root. And, I
> forgot to add myself into the wheel group, and I need to access my box from
> work and do some root stuff. Is there any other way to access the root
> account?
>
If you can login 'bout the system console, you can do some ways, f.e.:
+ you can edit /etc/group and add to the wheel group your user
(use man group for format details)
+ you can install ssh (or OpenSSH) and connect via ssh to your
computer (would my preferred way), ssh clients for windows
and os/2 are available, too.
--
Jens Rehsack --- <rehsack@informatik.uni-halle.de>
http://www.informatik.uni-halle.de/~rehsack/
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