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Date:      Tue, 18 Aug 1998 22:08:42 -0500 (EST)
From:      Andriss <andriss@argate.com>
To:        Edwin Woudt <edwin-ml@woudt.nl>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, sanne@portalinc.com
Subject:   Re: root access on telnet
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980818220746.14119A-100000@tasam.com>
In-Reply-To: <E0z8yJP-0001MN-00@cal007109.student.utwente.nl>

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>> hello,
>> 
>>     I have a question how can I enable a telnet using root account ????
>
>You can't login as root directly, but you have to make a new user and 
>put it in group wheel. Then after you log in as this user you can 
>type 'su', enter the root password et voila: you are root.
>
>Edwin
>

Telnet is very insecure though, why don't you try ssh instead?
Besides, ssh lets you login as root and encrypts your session.

Andriss


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