Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2001 08:24:29 +1300 From: Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz> To: Rakesh Prajapati <rprajapa@sdf.lonestar.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Cant remotely log in as ROOT Message-ID: <20011218082429.A5189@grimoire.chen.org.nz> 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.
Security wise, it's better to log in and then 'su' to root. You need
to make sure you're in the 'wheel' group before you can do this.
--
Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz>
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