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Date: Tue, 12 Aug 1997 22:10:30 -0600
From: John-David Childs <jdc@denver.net>
To: higgins@lexmark.com
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Subject: Re: Login as root
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On Tuesday August 1997, higgins@lexmark.com <higgins@lexmark.com>
 had this to say about "Re: Login as root":

> 
> Hello,
> 
> I have FreeBSB 2.2.2 and want to configure it to let me login as root from
> another machine using TCP/IP and telnet.
> 
> I know that on many UNIX systems you have to change system files to allow
> any other station apart from the console to login as root and this seems to
> be the same with FreeBSD.

BAD BAD BAD BAD BAD!!!! DO NOT *ever* telnet to a system and login as
root.  That's why  the "su" program (or better yet get sudo from the
ports) exists.  Install a copy of ssh/sshd so that when you do
connect to the remote system and su/sudo to root, your password (and 
all traffic between you and the remote machine) is encrypted...otherwise
you are BEGGING to be hacked.

> 
> Can you tell me how to do this as currently it won't let me and gives a
> 'Login Incorrect' error message although the user name (root) and password
> I specify are correct?  I can login as any other user apart from root via
> telnet without a problem.
> 
> Please let me know.
> 
> Regards
> 
> 
> 
> Chris
> 
> 
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