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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!lucy.cc.swin.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!howland.erols.net!ix.netcom.com!netcom.com.nojunkemailplease.com!not-for-email From: nobody@not.for.email (Timothy J. Lee) Subject: Re: Can 'root' login through telnet connection? Message-ID: <timleeED52D1.4xC@netcom.com> Followup-To: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Sender: timlee@netcom23.netcom.com Reply-To: see-signature-for-email-address---ads-not-welcome References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970710115742.582A-100000@hell.sh.cvut.cz> Date: Fri, 11 Jul 1997 05:10:13 GMT Lines: 24 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:44266 Jaroslav Klaus <klausik@skunk.sh.cvut.cz> writes: |Is it possible $subj ? Now when I type 'login root' |and answer correct password it returns 'Login incorect'. |Where can I anable it? Whether root is allowed to login on a specific tty is controlled by the /etc/ttys file. Those ttys that are marked as "secure" allow root to login. On others, one must login as someone else and use su to become root. A user needs to be in the wheel group to be able to su to root. For security reasons network logins as root are often disallowed, since su leaves a log, and a system cracker needs to crack two passwords (one for a user in the wheel group, one for root) to do a network login as root (assuming that the cracker does not find other security holes in network services). -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Timothy J. Lee timlee@ Unsolicited bulk or commercial email is not welcome. netcom.com No warranty of any kind is provided with this message.