Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2001 13:11:19 -0500 From: devin-freebsdquestions@rintrah.org To: Rakesh Prajapati <rprajapa@sdf.lonestar.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Cant remotely log in as ROOT Message-ID: <20011217131119.A74128@tharmas.rintrah.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.4.33.0112171758001.15422-100000@sdf.lonestar.org>; from rprajapa@sdf.lonestar.org on Mon, Dec 17, 2001 at 06:00:52PM %2B0000 References: <Pine.NEB.4.33.0112171758001.15422-100000@sdf.lonestar.org>
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On Mon, Dec 17, 2001 at 06:00:52PM +0000, Rakesh Prajapati wrote: > Hi , > > > I am unable to login as ROOT remotely from my work to my Home pc which is > FreeBSD Release 4.2 > > > IS this a security feature or I must do some settings to change this > behaviour. > > > Thanks in Advance > Rakesh > > How are you trying to log in as root? Hopefully you are using ssh and not telnet. Even over ssh a better idea is to log in as yourself and then su as needed for root privileges. If, however, you really need root login, set PermitRootLogin yes in your sshd_config file (usually in /usr/local/etc). --devin To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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