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Date:      Mon, 12 Oct 1998 20:13:59 -0400 (EDT)
From:      "James A. Mutter" <jmutter@devrycols.edu>
To:        "Gene Byers  Jr." <BYERS@OIR.STATE.SC.US>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: telnetd question
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.02.9810122013010.22712-100000@insomnia.local.net>
In-Reply-To: <s621d56c.098@gw.state.sc.us>

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> I'm kinda new to unix and FreeBSD, and I was wondering if you might have any ideas about a problem I'm having with telnet.
> 
> I have my secondary DNS running on FreeBSD. When I try to telnet into it, it gives me the login prompt, but when I enter the correct password, it tells me the password is incorrect and prompts me with another login prompt.
> 
> Do you have any ideas?

You're not trying to log in as root over telnet are you?
It sounds like you may be.

If you are, that's no-no.  Log in as a regular user and then 'su' to root.


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