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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!newsfeed.nacamar.de!news1.best.com!nntp2.ba.best.com!not-for-mail From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@FreeBSD.org> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Can 'root' login through telnet connection? Date: Fri, 11 Jul 1997 00:50:55 -0700 Organization: Walnut Creek CDROM Lines: 14 Message-ID: <33C5E5DF.1CFBAE39@FreeBSD.org> References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970710115742.582A-100000@hell.sh.cvut.cz> NNTP-Posting-Host: time.cdrom.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01 (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2-STABLE i386) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:44256 Jaroslav Klaus 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? In /etc/ttys - the keyword is "secure" and you'd put it at the end of every pty entry. But it's not a very good idea from a security standpoint, which is why the default is the way it is now. -- - Jordan Hubbard FreeBSD core team / Walnut Creek CDROM.