Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1998 22:46:25 -0800 From: "David Shanes" <dshanes@personalogic.com> To: "Robert" <robert@namodn.com> Cc: "questions FreeBSD" <FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Clearing "NOROOT" status. Message-ID: <00c301be2b1b$4cef11c0$0143a8c0@family1>
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Thanks for the help. I do not think that there ever was an entry
"secure" for any ttyp?. I mistyped the password too many times, when trying
to login via telnet, and saw a message on my FreeBSD system's screen that
said that it would not allow root login from that IP address - over any
ttyp?.
David
-----Original Message-----
From: Robert <robert@namodn.com>
To: David Shanes <dshanes@mswin.net>
Cc: questions FreeBSD <FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Date: Friday, December 18, 1998 10:31 PM
Subject: Re: Clearing "NOROOT" status.
>Found this using http://www.freebsd.org/search
>----
>The su way is the proper way to do this. But if you really want to login
>as root remotely you'll have to edit the file /etc/ttys and add "secure"
>to the ttyp? (pseudo ttys). This will enable you to login as root.
>Please, please, if you do something like this at least use ssh (secure
>shell) as your machine could be compromised very quickly if someone is
>sniffing your network.
>
>Here is a sample entry for /etc/ttys
>
>ttyp0 none network secure
>ttyp1 none network secure
>
>and so on...
>
>Another reason this is a bad idea is that if someone does a dictionary
>attack on your telnet login root cannot be compromised.
>----
>
>Hope it helps...
>
>-rob
>( www.namodn.com )
>( robert@namodn.com )
>
>On Fri, 18 Dec 1998, David Shanes wrote:
>
>> OK, so I thought that I remembered the password, but I got it wrong
>> (several times). How do I re-enable an IP address to login as root via
>> telnet?
>> I am logged in locally as root. Running 2.2.6 release.
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>> David
>> ____________________________________________
>> David Shanes
>> dshanes@mswin.net
>>
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