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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.syd.connect.com.au!news.bri.connect.com.au!corolla.OntheNet.com.au!not-for-mail From: Tony Griffiths <tonyg@OntheNet.com.au> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Root Access Date: Sat, 14 Jun 1997 12:10:11 +1000 Organization: On the Net (ISP on the Gold Coast, Australia) Lines: 22 Message-ID: <33A1FD83.4D94@OntheNet.com.au> References: <33A0DBC3.3098@v-m.com> Reply-To: tonyg@OntheNet.com.au NNTP-Posting-Host: swanee.nt.com.au Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (WinNT; I) To: marcin@v-m.com Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:42951 Marcin Pasek wrote: > > I would like to be able to access my freeBSD server from outside..How do > I unable Root access from the outside using Telnet... This is _NOT_ advisable (direct login as root!)... You should setup a non-privileged account and then either- (a) use skeys to login as a privileged user or (b) su - root The second option requires that the initial login account also be in the 'wheel' group. It also means that cleartext passwords are passed across the 'net. The first option is more secure as it allows a local system to generate the unique key for the privileged login so even if someone is sniffing they won't get privileged access to your system! Tony