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Re: linuxconf HTTP
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Chris Fishwick)
Sat Oct 24 06:08:45 1998
Date: Sat, 24 Oct 1998 20:18:44 +1100 (EST)
From: Chris Fishwick <rimmer@calvin.nu>
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> Sure u can't. That is impossible It is Linux security. As far as I know
> you can login as root remotely only if you are using secure shell. What is
> Secure Shell I can only suggest :-}
Its not impossible at all, it is just purposely left out for security
reasons.. you can enable it by editing the /etc/securetty file and adding
all those tty's that you want root to be able to login from.
Regards
Chris
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