Date: Tue, 12 Aug 1997 15:47:59 +0200 From: Jacques Hugo <jacques@wired.ctech.ac.za> To: higgins@lexmark.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Login as root Message-ID: <33F0698F.31DFF4F5@wired.ctech.ac.za> References: <199708121338.AA03909@interlock2.lexmark.com>
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higgins@lexmark.com wrote: > > Hello, > > I have FreeBSB 2.2.2 and want to configure it to let me login as root from > another machine using TCP/IP and telnet. [snip] This is *REALLY* not advisable. I suggest you install ssh on the BSD box and use ssh/scp from your client side to have encrypted comms to your ssh host. This way you can telnet in as root *WITHOUT* having to modify any files that really *does not* need any modification ;) -Jacques ------------------------------------------------------ The box said "Requires Windows 3.11 or better" ... so I got FreeBSD jacques@wired.ctech.ac.za ------------------------------------------------------
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