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From: BORKI@zug.use.ch (Reto Burkhalter) Subject: Re: telnetd on FreeBSD 2.1.0 Message-ID: <xZj7XMD4F99aez4@borki.zug.use.ch> Date: Sat, 6 Apr 96 5:52:23 GMT Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!newshost.telstra.net!act.news.telstra.net!imci3!imci2!news.internetMCI.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!jussieu.fr!news.sri.ucl.ac.be!news.belnet.be!swsbe6.switch.ch!swidir.switch.ch!scsing.switch.ch!dino.active.ch!hp.use.ch!turicum.use.ch!zug.use.ch Organization: Turicum Communications References: <31545287.2A87@mail.sstar.com> <31653B76.1F53@wolf.co.net> X-Gateway: ZCONNECT UE turicum.use.ch [PolyNet Amiga RFC/ZC V4.23 no. 599198gr45qW-017] X-Mailer: MicroDot 1.10 [REGISTERED 004f99] Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Lines: 14 >> John Abbott >> 05.04.1996 J)> Is ttys also the file that controls where I can su from? Right now I get a J)> message saying that "root login refused on this terminal." Advance thanks. --ja No, you can't login as root but you can use 'su' to get root. In order to login directly as root you have to add a 'secure' after the 'network' entry in /etc/ttys. Reto