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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!inferno.mpx.com.au!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!qns3.qns.com!imci4!newsfeed.internetmci.com!mr.net!news.mr.net!cronkite.polaristel.net!news From: John Abbott <jabbott@wolf.co.net> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: telnetd on FreeBSD 2.1.0 Date: Fri, 05 Apr 1996 09:25:42 -0600 Organization: MEANS Lines: 11 Message-ID: <31653B76.1F53@wolf.co.net> References: <31545287.2A87@mail.sstar.com> <4j29r7$1p7@gosset.maths.tcd.ie> <Pine.LNX.3.91.960329084059.30465B-100000@ntb10.cdc.gov> <4jskvt$cdt@agate.berkeley.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: 206.9.120.126 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0B2 (Win95; I) To: Michael Constant <mconst@OCF.Berkeley.EDU> Michael Constant wrote: > > Jim Kerr <jak7@ntb10.cdc.gov> wrote: > >How can I disallow login in as root when a user telnets in? I want them > >to use su once they are logged in with their username. > > In fact, this is the default. Type "man 5 ttys" for more information. Is ttys also the file that controls where I can su from? Right now I get a message saying that "root login refused on this terminal." Advance thanks. --ja