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#! rnews 1113 bsd Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!news.sgi.com!uhog.mit.edu!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.exodus.net!www1.hlc.net!usenet From: "Steve Poythress" <tlogic@caltel.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Re: Root to login remotly Date: Thu, 25 Jul 1996 11:19:22 -0700 Organization: TRICK LOGIC Lines: 21 Message-ID: <01bb7a56.9b409e20$472ad6cd@steve> References: <4srhdi$ao2@masala.cc.uh.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: ppp1.caltel.com X-Newsreader: Microsoft Internet News 4.70.1085 edit the /etc/ttys file, adding the 'secure' argument to the end of the tty you wish to remotely log into. Check the lizard book .... example - the following line allows root login on COM 1 (tty00): tty00 "/usr/libexec/getty t115200-hf" ansi.sys on secure the following line does not: tty00 "/usr/libexec/getty t115200-hf" ansi.sys on > st568@Bayou.UH.EDU (James Xu) wrote in article <4srhdi$ao2@masala.cc.uh.edu>... > Hi, > > How do I set BSD to allow root login remotly? > > Thanks in advance. > > James