Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2006 10:41:36 +0200 From: Erik Norgaard <norgaard@locolomo.org> To: Jim Borland <JimBorland@meridiansystems.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Can't log in a root from anywhere but the console screen. Message-ID: <451B8AC0.8050505@locolomo.org> In-Reply-To: <41CAF31DAF5DBD4093DBD271E46C0E8704D1A0@msl01.msl.local> References: <41CAF31DAF5DBD4093DBD271E46C0E8704D1A0@msl01.msl.local>
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Jim Borland wrote: > I want to use a PC to telnet to the freeBSD server and login as root but > it won't let me! Can you help? I can login as a normal user just not as > root, I can't key in su to get in as superuser either. 1) Don't use telnet, use ssh, for security. 2) Are you in the wheel group? Cheers, Erik -- Ph: +34.666334818 web: http://www.locolomo.org X.509 Certificate: http://www.locolomo.org/crt/8D03551FFCE04F0C.crt Key ID: 69:79:B8:2C:E3:8F:E7:BE:5D:C3:C3:B1:74:62:B8:3F:9F:1F:69:B9
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