[96113] in RedHat Linux List
Re: linuxconf HTTP
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (timsoftware@liposome.genebee.msu.s)
Sat Oct 24 06:30:04 1998
From: timsoftware@liposome.genebee.msu.su
Date: Sat, 24 Oct 1998 14:28:53 +0400 (MSD)
To: "'redhat-list'" <redhat-list@redhat.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.95.981024201734.2292B-100000@chris.fishwick.southcom.com.au>
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On Sat, 24 Oct 1998, Chris Fishwick wrote:
> > 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
Sorry for the wrong info. U see i'm just a lammer :-}
Tim
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