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Date:      Thu, 19 Jan 1995 16:47:22 -0700 (MST)
From:      Stephen Waits <swaits@pr.erau.edu>
To:        Ron Porter <porter@fozzie.chem.wisc.edu>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freefall.cdrom.com
Subject:   Re: refused telnet connections
Message-ID:  <Pine.SOL.3.91.950119164629.3455A-100000@moon.pr.erau.edu>
In-Reply-To: <9501192143.AA00621@fozzie.chem.wisc.edu>

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On Thu, 19 Jan 1995, Ron Porter wrote:

> to my telnet attempts from another computer. The problem is
> that it will not allow me to login, even as root.
> It just kkeps saying "login refused on this terminal".
> do i need to add telnet users to some group or somthing?

root logins are not allowed from anything other than the console.  You'll 
need to add a user for yourself and login as that user, then su to root.  
You should, in general, not be logging in as root anyway (for various 
reasons).

--Steve




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