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Re: Telnet
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Chuck Milam)
Mon Oct 19 12:32:30 1998
Date: Mon, 19 Oct 1998 11:31:12 -0500 (CDT)
From: Chuck Milam <milam@uwosh.edu>
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On Mon, 19 Oct 1998, Keith WIliams wrote:
> I cannot login through Telnet as root. Any Suggestions?
1. Log in as another user and use "su".
2. Use SSH.
3. Better yet: Do both.
This is not a problem, but a security feature. Try to minimize using the
root account wherever you can.
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Chuck Milam I.T. Division - Academic Computing
milam@uwosh.edu University of Wisconsin at Oshkosh
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