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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!howland.erols.net!news.mathworks.com!uunet!in1.uu.net!199.0.65.182!news-in.tiac.net!posterchild!kag From: kag@citysource.com (Kenneth Graves) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: remote access for root Date: Mon, 23 Dec 1996 13:32:55 -0500 Organization: Graves Consulting, Inc. Lines: 12 Message-ID: <kag-ya023380002312961332550001@news-beta.tiac.net> References: <32BEC580.539D@cegt201.bradley.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: kag.tiac.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Newsreader: Yet Another NewsWatcher 2.3.3 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:33012 In article <32BEC580.539D@cegt201.bradley.edu>, Mike Shover <mikefish@cegt201.bradley.edu> wrote: > is there any way to allow root to login from anywhere but the console? > i'd like to telnet to the machine, even though it is right next to my > other workstation (i only have 1 monitor). any help would be great. > please mail me; i don't read the newsgroups too often. Telnet as yourself, then su. (Make sure you are in the "wheel" group.) --kag Kenneth Graves Graves Consulting, Inc. kag@citysource.com