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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!cs.utexas.edu!news.tamu.edu!prism.tamu.edu!hickman From: hickman@prism.tamu.edu (Dan Hickman) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: root login on console only? Date: 19 May 1994 05:04:15 GMT Organization: Texas A&M University, College Station, TX Lines: 29 Message-ID: <2res0f$lge@news.tamu.edu> References: <94May18.154450.18864@eeubln.IN-Berlin.DE> NNTP-Posting-Host: prism.tamu.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Nora E. Etukudo (nora@eeubln.IN-Berlin.DE) wrote: : Hello. : How do I allow root logins on ttys other than console? : It's FreeBSD-1.1-RELEASE. : I've bothered with /etc/ttys, /etc/securetty w/o luck. : Thank's, Nora. : -- : ------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Nora E. Etukudo <nora@eeubln.IN-Berlin.DE> : Joachim-Friedrich-Str. 39c +4930 8932911, 14400-V42bis, 0000-2359h : D-10711 Berlin +4930 8922407, 14400-V42bis, 2245-0745h : Login with nuucp (nuucp) or source () : Germany Get ~/archiv/INDEX.z : ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Simply add secure to the ttys entry. This is probably not a good idea, though. Best option is to login as yourself and the use 'su' to become root. Dan -- ------------------------------------------------------------ | hickman@ttisys.tamu.edu | | Texas Transportation Institute | | Texas A&M University System | ------------------------------------------------------------