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Re: linuxconf HTTP
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (dsb3)
Sat Oct 24 09:33:37 1998
Date: Sat, 24 Oct 1998 08:25:30 -0500 (CDT)
From: dsb3 <dsb3@earthlink.net>
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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 :-}
Take a look at /etc/securetty. Under default behaviour, only devices
listed in this file will allow a root logon.
Adding a line for each device upon which you might wish to login remotely
might prove to be excessive. However, if you really want to allow root
logins remotely, you can add all the /dev/tty* names to the file.
-dave
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