Date: Mon, 5 Jul 2004 03:12:02 -0700 From: Roop Nanuwa <roop.nanuwa@gmail.com> To: "freebsd@stateautomation.com" <freebsd@stateautomation.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Telnet - can't telnet is as root Message-ID: <75f3f705040705031255a3309c@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <BF7916625596914581732F223B113D33108E8B@MELEXC01> References: <BF7916625596914581732F223B113D33108E8B@MELEXC01>
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On Mon, 5 Jul 2004 17:49:32 +1000 , freebsd@stateautomation.com <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. It's not recommended. At all. It's highly insecure. If you're still determined to do it, though: You will need to add the keyword 'secure' to the end of the lines in /etc/ttys that look like ttypN (where N is a number). Again, you really should be using SSH instead of telnet if you value your system at all. --roop
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