From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jul 27 19:21:28 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from lemon.theshop.net (lemon.theshop.net [208.128.7.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3EEDF14D60 for ; Tue, 27 Jul 1999 19:21:17 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from prpetitt@theshop.net) Received: from getsmart (orange29.theshop.net [206.30.142.222]) by lemon.theshop.net (8.9.1/8.9.0) with ESMTP id VAA16959; Tue, 27 Jul 1999 21:21:40 -0500 (CDT) Message-Id: <4.2.0.58.19990727211848.00a34250@mail.theshop.net> X-Sender: prpetitt@mail.theshop.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.2.0.58 Date: Tue, 27 Jul 1999 21:21:06 -0500 To: "V. Keller" From: "Paul R. Petitt" Subject: Re: root telnet access Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <3.0.32.19990727184756.006f067c@pop.eugn.uswest.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG At 06:48 PM 7/27/99 -0700, you wrote: you should telnet in as a regular user, if you are a member of group wheel, then you can su, and do whatever you need to as root. >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