Date: Tue, 27 Jul 1999 21:57:02 -0400 (Eastern Daylight Time) From: Ed Vander Bush <ed@42interactive.com> To: "V. Keller" <vkeller@uswest.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: root telnet access Message-ID: <Pine.WNT.4.10.9907272156060.222-100000@ens247> In-Reply-To: <3.0.32.19990727184756.006f067c@pop.eugn.uswest.net>
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Make a user account and telnet into that user account. Once logged in type su and enter the root password. Then you will be logged in as root, You never want to open root as a telnet account! ED Ed Vander Bush ed@42interactive.com On Tue, 27 Jul 1999, V. Keller wrote: > I'm a total newbie to freebsd....but, I need to telnet in to my server as > root. Right now its a fresh install and it won't allow root to telnet in. I > know it's a security leak, but I need it for a few days.What file do I > alter, and what is the syntax? > Thanx, > V. Keller > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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