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Date:      Wed, 19 Aug 1998 04:52:31 +0100
From:      "Edwin Woudt" <edwin-ml@woudt.nl>
To:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, sanne@portalinc.com
Subject:   Re: root access on telnet
Message-ID:  <E0z8yJP-0001MN-00@cal007109.student.utwente.nl>
In-Reply-To: <35DB1251.E847BC27@snap.portalinc.com>

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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

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