From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Dec 18 22:38:10 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA02694 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 18 Dec 1998 22:38:10 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from general1.consumersedge.com (mail.personalogic.com [208.213.67.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id WAA02689 for ; Fri, 18 Dec 1998 22:38:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dshanes@personalogic.com) Received: from port6.MSWIN.NET by general1.consumersedge.com with SMTP (Microsoft Exchange Internet Mail Service Version 5.0.1460.8) id ZFTRLK1V; Fri, 18 Dec 1998 22:37:01 -0800 Message-ID: <00c301be2b1b$4cef11c0$0143a8c0@family1> From: "David Shanes" To: "Robert" Cc: "questions FreeBSD" Subject: Re: Clearing "NOROOT" status. Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1998 22:46:25 -0800 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 4.72.3110.5 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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 To: David Shanes Cc: questions FreeBSD 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 >> >> >> >> 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message