From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jun 2 10:42:42 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from priv-edtnes11-hme0.telusplanet.net (edtnes11.telus.net [199.185.220.111]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7C1E137BF71 for ; Fri, 2 Jun 2000 10:42:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from james@aspert.com) Received: from james ([209.53.43.91]) by priv-edtnes11-hme0.telusplanet.net (InterMail vM.4.01.02.11 201-229-116-111) with SMTP id <20000602174234.ZZEA625.priv-edtnes11-hme0.telusplanet.net@james>; Fri, 2 Jun 2000 11:42:34 -0600 Message-ID: <002b01bfccb9$ebc5fb60$5b2b35d1@aspert.com> From: "James A. Peltier" To: , "Daniel Ruthardt" Cc: References: <00a501bfcbef$4dc76a40$03a0fea9@wwwmein> <3937F13E.8053CB12@wmptl.com> Subject: Re: Telnet access from local network using "root" Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2000 10:42:28 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Another note would to not use telnet at all but use SSH instead to avoid the data on the wire from being taped or sniffed for passwords. ----- Original Message ----- From: Nathan Vidican To: Daniel Ruthardt Cc: Sent: Friday, June 02, 2000 10:39 AM Subject: Re: Telnet access from local network using "root" > > Daniel Ruthardt wrote: > > > > How do I tell FreeBSD that I want to allow my local network to access > > my FreeBSD server using the "root" username via Telnet? Please help, > > this is very important 'cause my server has no graphic card nor an > > monitor (-; > > > > Thanks, > > Daniel Ruthardt > > add users which you wish to be able to 'su root' into the group 'wheel'. > See /etc/group, edit it, and add the username of any regular user to > that group, then login via telnet as that user, type 'su' and enter the > root password. It is not traditionally secure to telnet as root > directly. > > -- > Nathan Vidican > webmaster@wmptl.com > Windsor Match Plate & Tool Ltd. > http://www.wmptl.com/ > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message