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From: hickman@prism.tamu.edu (Dan Hickman)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: root login on console only?
Date: 19 May 1994 05:04:15 GMT
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Nora E. Etukudo (nora@eeubln.IN-Berlin.DE) wrote:
:    Hello.
:    How do I allow root logins on ttys other than console?
:    It's FreeBSD-1.1-RELEASE.
:    I've bothered with /etc/ttys, /etc/securetty w/o luck.
:    Thank's, Nora.
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Simply add secure to the ttys entry.  This is probably not a good idea,
though.  Best option is to login as yourself and the use 'su' to become
root.

Dan


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