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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.mathworks.com!news.kei.com!newshost.marcam.com!zip.eecs.umich.edu!panix!not-for-mail From: jhawk@panix.com (John Hawkinson) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc Subject: Re: Q2: Telnet into as ROOT? Date: 20 Aug 1995 16:10:52 -0400 Organization: PANIX Public Access Internet and Unix, NYC Lines: 20 Message-ID: <4184sc$hli@panix2.panix.com> References: <413er1$p9a@news.laser.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: panix2.panix.com In <413er1$p9a@news.laser.net> patton@laser.net writes: >I realize I'm asking rather basic questions but I'd appreciate any pointers. >Apparently I can not telnet into my netbsd machine as root. With good reason. Doing so generally involves sending the root password in the clear over the network, which is just a Bad Idea (tm). It's nominally better to login as you and su, but even that is poor. Use kerberos or somethnig. >I took out the limitation for root from ftpusers but that hasn't >helped. What else do I need to do? thanks. You can mark ttyp* as secure /etc/ttys and it will let you login. But don't do this. Find another way to fix what you want to fix. -- John Hawkinson jhawk@panix.com