Date: Tue, 13 May 1997 22:20:54 +0200 (MET DST) From: Joachim Kuebart <joki@kuebart.stuttgart.netsurf.de> To: (Tom Kiblin) <Tom_Kiblin@BayNetworks.COM> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: Root logins... Message-ID: <XFMail.970515024143.joki@jocki.domestic.de> In-Reply-To: <3.0.1.32.19970513135409.00914610@bl-mail1.corpeast.baynetworks.com>
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Hi!
This is _not_ recommended. Your machine _might_ some time get a
distant internet access and this would make everything unsecure. The
recommended way is:
<login as yourself>
su
<do superuser work>
exit
<back on user level>
exit
<logged out>
In order to do "su" put your group into /etc/group behind
wheel:*:0:root,yourgroup
Be sure to not put any blanks before or after the comma ("man group").
If you still want root logins on tcp/ip terminals, make ttyp? secure
in /etc/ttys. Such that:
ttyp0 none network on secure
This will allow root logins from anywhere...
c u Jo
On 13-May-97 at 17:54:09 Tom Kiblin wrote:
>How does one enable Root logins from locations other than the
console? I
>just want to be able to telnet from any machine in our network and
login as
>root.
>
>I've changed the login.access in /etc, but it still doesn't work.
>
>Thanks,
>Tom
>
>
>_________________________________________
>Thomas Kiblin Tel:(508) 916-6017
>Corporate Systems Engineer Fax:(508) 916-3030
>Bay Networks USA Inc. Page:1-888-605-3681
>8 Federal St, Billerica, MA 01821
> mailto:tkiblin@baynetworks.com
> http://www.baynetworks.com
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