"Jens B. Jorgensen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > /bin/login will only allow root logins from those terminals listed in > /etc/securetty. Although telnetd doesn't use a serial port, it does use a > pseudo-tty. If you want to allow root login via telnet you'll need to add all > the > pseudo-ttys to /etc/securetty. > > Bruce Dobrin wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > I'm trying to login to my linux systems as root, it doesn't work. I've > > setup the hosts.equiv file so I can login in from elsewhere as anything > > else, but not as root. I have an isolated network so security is not an > > issue.
Or you could change /etc/login.defs and comment out the "CONSOLE" line. (Although I should probably add that all of my "bad security idea" bells are going off in my head) -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
