[96115] in RedHat Linux List
Re: linuxconf HTTP
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Benjamin de los Angeles Jr.)
Sat Oct 24 07:49:44 1998
Date: Sat, 24 Oct 1998 19:40:24 +0800 (CST)
From: "Benjamin de los Angeles Jr." <bench@boracay.surfshop.net.ph>
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On Sat, 24 Oct 1998 timsoftware@liposome.genebee.msu.su wrote:
> On Fri, 23 Oct 1998, Lawrence K. Kelley wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> > I'm new to Red Hat but not to Linux and I'm trying to setup RH5.1 to replace Slackware3.3 but have quickly found some stumbling blocks.
> > 1) I can't telnet as root. I can telnet as a different user, then su.
>
> 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 :-}
>
You can login as root but it's not secure anymore, anyone can guess your
root password by initiating telnet on your server assuming there's no
tcp wrapper. Modify /etc/securetty and add a line say, ttyp0. This
allows one telnet session for root, add ttyp1 enable 2 simultaneous
telnet sessions.
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