[99222] in RedHat Linux List
Re: enable root telnet to linux
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Tony Nugent)
Thu Nov 12 23:12:56 1998
To: Jim Matthews <jimmatt@ki.com>
Cc: redhat-list@redhat.com
In-Reply-To: message-id <364B32FC.AC706B75@ki.com>
of Thu, Nov 12 14:11:56 1998
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1998 14:12:15 +1000
From: Tony Nugent <Tony.Nugent@usq.edu.au>
Resent-From: redhat-list@redhat.com
Reply-To: redhat-list@redhat.com
On Thu Nov 12 1998 at 14:11, Jim Matthews wrote:
> Justin Kuntz wrote:
> >
> > is there any way to enable root to telnet to linux? I understand how bad
> > of a security practice this is. I am just wondering for boxes that are not
> > connected to the net
> Add the following to /etc/securetty:
>
> ttyp0
> ttyp1
> ttyp2
> ttyp3
> ttyp4
> ttyp5
> ttyp6
> ttyp7
> ttyp8
No, don't do that. It's not done like that for a reason - security.
root should not be able to access any system with telnet.
Log in as an ordinary user, then su to root.
Or use ssh - this has no restrictions on root, and it a lot more secure
than ordinary telnet.
Cheers
Tony
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