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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!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.ysu.edu!news.radio.cz!nntprelay.mathworks.com!howland.erols.net!news-peer.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!Sprint!ix.netcom.com!netcom.com.nojunkemailplease.com!not-for-email From: nobody@not.for.email (Timothy J. Lee) Subject: Re: FreeBSD Admin Questions Message-ID: <timleeEDCJ3z.5o@netcom.com> Followup-To: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Sender: timlee@netcom19.netcom.com Reply-To: see-signature-for-email-address---ads-not-welcome References: <alex-1407971739000001@192.168.1.3> <5qev4e$9v3$1@news.smart.net> Date: Tue, 15 Jul 1997 05:55:10 GMT Lines: 25 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:44449 surfer@gallows.smart.net (web surfer) writes: |Alex Kac <alex@WebIS.net> wrote: |> |>Please forgive me, I have not been in the UNIX world for awhile, and just |>got back in..plus this is the first time to actually administer a UNIX |>server. Here are my questions: |> |>1) How do I log into root? Whenever I try via telnet, it tells me that |>root cannot be logged on. All I need to do is setup a new user! | |most likely you will need to login as yourself then su to root. i would |recommend putting ssh on the systems involved to improve security. Note the /etc/ttys file. Some ttys are labeled as "secure" and some are not. root cannot login directly to the ttys not labeled as "secure" (one has to login as a user in the "wheel" group and then su to become root). The idea is to make cracking root remotely more difficult and to leave a log from the su. See "man ttys" for more information about /etc/ttys . -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Timothy J. Lee timlee@ Unsolicited bulk or commercial email is not welcome. netcom.com No warranty of any kind is provided with this message.