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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!howland.erols.net!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!news.mathworks.com!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!warwick!bham!bhamcs!news.ox.ac.uk!news From: Neil Long <neil.long@materials.oxford.ac.uk> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: rlogin for root oddness Date: 25 Oct 1996 21:48:14 GMT Organization: Department of Materials, University of Oxford Lines: 22 Message-ID: <54rciu$7v3@news.ox.ac.uk> References: <54j07m$bav@news.ox.ac.uk> <54r4h5$7o5@news.iag.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: njl2.materials.ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.0 (NOV) j@iag.net (Jason Rowley) writes: >Neil Long (neil.long@materials.oxford.ac.uk) wrote: >: Hi >: Has anyone found that root cannot rlogin to a FreeBSD 2.1.5-RELEASE system >: but can to a FreeBSD 2.2-961014-SNAP system. >The ttys are probably all set to secure in /etc/ttys. Change them to >insecure. I wouldn't recommend it if you are on a LAN or the internet >for secureity reasons. >Peace, >J The ttys files are identical. The behaviour isn't. Neil -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * Neil J Long, Department of Materials, University of Oxford * Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PH, UK * EMail: Neil.Long@materials.oxford.ac.uk * Tel: +44 (0)1865-273678 Fax: +44 (0)1865-273789