From owner-freebsd-questions Wed May 14 01:33:13 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id BAA22165 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 14 May 1997 01:33:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: from iceberg.anchorage.net. (root@iceberg.anchorage.net [207.14.72.150]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id BAA22160 for ; Wed, 14 May 1997 01:33:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from aak.anchorage.net (ai-131 [207.14.72.131]) by iceberg.anchorage.net. (8.6.11/8.7.3) with SMTP id XAA07107; Tue, 13 May 1997 23:29:56 -0800 Date: Wed, 14 May 1997 00:23:11 -0800 (AKDT) From: Steve Howe X-Sender: abc@aak.anchorage.net To: Tom Kiblin cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Root logins... In-Reply-To: <3.0.1.32.19970513135409.00914610@bl-mail1.corpeast.baynetworks.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Tue, 13 May 1997, Tom Kiblin wrote: > How does one enable Root logins from locations other than the console? I > just want to be able to telnet from any machine in our network and login as > root. > > I've changed the login.access in /etc, but it still doesn't work. i believe that to be the difference between secure and insecure in /etc/ttys gettys. why not su to root? ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sleep: a sign a caffeine deprivation ... http://www.anchorage.net/~un_x -------------------------------------------------------------------------