From owner-freebsd-questions Sun May 13 16: 3:58 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from xyzzy.intranet.snsonline.net (dhcp.looksmart.com.au [202.53.47.178]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A6AA537B422 for ; Sun, 13 May 2001 16:03:50 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from msergeant@snsonline.net) Received: from xyzzy.intranet.snsonline.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by xyzzy.intranet.snsonline.net (8.11.3/8.11.3) with SMTP id f4B6dVw00660; Fri, 11 May 2001 16:39:33 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from msergeant@snsonline.net) Message-Id: <200105110639.f4B6dVw00660@xyzzy.intranet.snsonline.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit MIME-Version: 1.0 From: "Mark Sergeant" To: "Lim Seng Chor" , Mike Tancsa Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: preventing direct root login on telnetd X-Mailer: Pronto v2.2.5 On freebsd/mysql Date: 11 May 2001 01:39:29 EST Reply-To: "Mark Sergeant" In-Reply-To: <3AFBF92D.16732.AA3733@localhost> References: <3AFBF92D.16732.AA3733@localhost> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG If you telnet from another machine you are able to log in as root using SRA. This has only happened since 4.3-RELEASE. cheers, Mark On Fri, 11 May 2001 14:37:44 +0800, Lim Seng Chor said: :: go and modify your /etc/login.access :: :: by default, root login is not allowed in ssh and telnet but console :: only. :: :: On 11 May 2001, at 0:09, Mike Tancsa wrote: :: :: > :: > Is there a way to prevent root from logging in directly on STABLE via :: > telnet ? :: > :: > ---Mike :: > -------------------------------------------------------------------- :: > Mike Tancsa, tel +1 519 651 3400 :: > Network Administration, mike@sentex.net Sentex Communications :: > www.sentex.net Cambridge, Ontario Canada :: > www.sentex.net/mike :: > :: > :: > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org :: > with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message :: :: :: :: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org :: with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message :: :: -- Mark Sergeant Unix Systems Administrator Fortune follows... If you keep anything long enough, you can throw it away. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message