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Date: Tue, 12 Aug 1997 16:00:57 -0400
To: higgins@lexmark.com, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
From: Chris <theta@gte.net>
Subject: Re: Login as root
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That is not really a good idea.  Why don't you add your account to the
group wheel so you can su to root?

At 02:41 PM 8/12/97 +0100, 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.
>
>I know that on many UNIX systems you have to change system files to allow
>any other station apart from the console to login as root and this seems to
>be the same with FreeBSD.
>
>Can you tell me how to do this as currently it won't let me and gives a
>'Login Incorrect' error message although the user name (root) and password
>I specify are correct?  I can login as any other user apart from root via
>telnet without a problem.
>
>Please let me know.
>
>Regards
>
>
>
>Chris
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