Date: Mon, 5 Jul 2004 00:51:20 -0700 (PDT) From: peter lageotakes <plageotakes@yahoo.com> To: freebsd@stateautomation.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Telnet - can't telnet is as root Message-ID: <20040705075120.26461.qmail@web14605.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <BF7916625596914581732F223B113D33108E8B@MELEXC01>
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--- freebsd@stateautomation.com wrote: > I would like to telnet into my 4.9 RELEASE box using > root. Currently when I > try to telnet in as root I get the reply > "LOGIN root REGUSED (NOROOT)". Does anyone know how > I can configure my > system to allow root to directly telnet in. I know > that I can telnet in as > a standard users then 'su' to switch to root. Is > there any reason why I > should configure my system so that I can telnet in > directly as root? > Thanks. > > Regards, > J.S. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > I believe that this would be a security precaution. If someone tries to compromise your system, then it means that they have to get two passwords to get root. To quote man security: "Security is best implemented through a layered onion approach." Pete __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Helps protect you from nasty viruses. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail
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