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Subject: Telnet Root access
Date: Fri, 5 Dec 1997 18:24:00 -0000
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I've just installed FreeBSD 2.2.5 via FTP, and I can telnet into the machine
using any other user than root. The prompt simply says that the login fails,
but any other users is OK. I've check capitalisation, but I'm not sure why
this is happening.

If anyone has any ideas, please reply

Thanks.
Steven Fletcher
steven@shellnet.co.uk