From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Feb 19 09:58:01 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id JAA06954 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 19 Feb 1997 09:58:01 -0800 (PST) Received: from horton.iaces.com (root@horton.iaces.com [204.147.87.98]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id JAA06942 for ; Wed, 19 Feb 1997 09:57:56 -0800 (PST) Received: (from proot@localhost) by horton.iaces.com (8.8.4/8.8.4) id LAA19528; Wed, 19 Feb 1997 11:57:53 -0600 (CST) From: "Paul T. Root" Message-Id: <199702191757.LAA19528@horton.iaces.com> Subject: Re: too much security To: root@dragon.spcplus.co.uk (Graham Dresch) Date: Wed, 19 Feb 1997 11:57:53 -0600 (CST) Cc: questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: from Graham Dresch at "Feb 19, 97 03:42:49 pm" X-Organization: !nterprise Networking Services - ACES X-Phone: (612) 663-1979 X-Fax: (612) 663-8030 X-Page: (800) SKY-PAGE PIN: 537-7270 X-Address: 200 S. 5th St., Suite 1100 X-Address: Minneapolis, MN 55402 X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL22 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk In a previous message, Graham Dresch said: > > Sorry to send this here, but i don't know who else to ask. > > How do i disable the 'security feature' that prevents telnet logins as > root ? ( FreeBSD 2.1 ) Add 'secure' to the end of the line that you want to allow telneting to in /etc/ttys. Then kill -HUP 1. Note: this is a bad idea. You loose a lot of security and logging trails. > Are there any documents relating to the configuration of cnews ? Sure, with the cnews package. Also in the O'Reilly books, Using UUCP and USENET and Managing UUCP and USENET. But, Cnews is a very old package now. You'll find INN to be a better system to use. -- "Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend: and inside a dog, it's too dark to read." -- Groucho Marx