Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 06:50:19 -0700 From: "PetBuilder" <petbuilder@mediaone.net> To: "Stephen Hurd" <deuce@lordlegacy.org> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Telnet & Root access Message-ID: <001e01c142a4$5b099930$0100a8c0@home> References: <NFBBJPHLGLNJEEECOCHACEAJCEAA.deuce@lordlegacy.org>
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2 questions if I might, How do I add a user to the "root" group after the install? how do I add SSH after the install? I am a very newbie with FreeBSD and I have not gotten that far in the book yet. Thanks, Craig Rose ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stephen Hurd" <deuce@lordlegacy.org> To: "PetBuilder" <petbuilder@mediaone.net>; <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Friday, September 21, 2001 12:04 AM Subject: RE: Telnet & Root access > > I'm trying to telnet into a server with 4.3 and I can log in thru telnet > using a regular user > > name and pass but it will not accept the root log in and pass. > > You actually don't want to do this... honest. If you NEED root access through > telnet (and I would REALY reccomend using ssh - if you're using Windows, use > PuTTY) you can log in as a user in the wheel group and su to root with the > right password. > > Also, make sure you've applied the security update described at: > ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-01:49.telnetd.v 1. > 1.asc > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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