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From: nora@eeubln.IN-Berlin.DE (Nora E. Etukudo)
Date: Fri, 20 May 94 15:31:37 GMT
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Subject: Re: root login on console only?
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in article <2res0f$lge@news.tamu.edu>,
from 19 May 1994 05:04:15 GMT,
hickman@prism.tamu.edu also known as "Dan Hickman", wrote [shortend]:
[...]
h@p: "Nora E. Etukudo (nora@eeubln.IN-Berlin.DE) wrote:"
h@p: ": Hello."
h@p: ": How do I allow root logins on ttys other than console?"
h@p: ": It's FreeBSD-1.1-RELEASE."
h@p: ": I've bothered with /etc/ttys, /etc/securetty w/o luck."
[...]
h@p: "Simply add secure to the ttys entry. This is probably not a good idea,"
Yes, I know. But would like to have an xterm with a "real root" to
a FreeBSD system somewhere in the local net.
h@p: "though. Best option is to login as yourself and the use 'su' to become"
h@p: "root."
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