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Date: Sat, 14 Jun 1997 15:48:50 -0700
From: Peter Roehsler <roehsler@dca.net>
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Tony Griffiths wrote:
> 
> Marcin Pasek wrote:
> >
> > I would like to be able to access my freeBSD server from outside..How do
> > I unable Root access from the outside using Telnet...
> 
> This is _NOT_ advisable (direct login as root!)...
> 
> You should setup a non-privileged account and then either-
> 
> (a) use skeys to login as a privileged user
          ^^^^^

Tony, 

What are these?

Best regards,
Peter Roehsler