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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.mel.aone.net.au!news.mira.net.au!pumpkin.pangea.ca!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!uuneo.neosoft.com!not-for-mail From: conrads@neosoft.com (Conrad Sabatier) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Can 'root' login through telnet connection? Date: Thu, 10 Jul 1997 06:38:36 -0500 Organization: NeoSoft, Inc. Lines: 17 Message-ID: <sjh2q5.5gs.ln@dolphin.neosoft.com> References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970710115742.582A-100000@hell.sh.cvut.cz> Reply-To: conrads@neosoft.com (Conrad Sabatier) NNTP-Posting-Host: as5200-port-254.no.neosoft.com X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test58 (13 May 97) Originator: conrads@neosoft.com (Conrad Sabatier) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:44204 In article <Pine.BSF.3.96.970710115742.582A-100000@hell.sh.cvut.cz>, Jaroslav Klaus <klausik@skunk.sh.cvut.cz> wrote: >Hello all, > >Is it possible $subj ? Now when I type 'login root' >and answer correct password it returns 'Login incorect'. >Where can I anable it? Allowing root logins from outside is a bad idea, which is why it's disabled by default. Login as yourself and su to root. -- Conrad Sabatier | FreeBSD user since 06/96, because... http://www.neosoft.com/~conrads | "The best things in life are free"