>I'm going away on vacation, and I want to be able to configure my >system
>from away. How do I enable the root account to be accessable >through
>telnet? I know I can su, but that doesn't give me access to all the
>commands I need (such as useradd).
Don't do that. Just issue a su - and you'll get a root AND the root
environment. A normal su will not give you the environment of that user.
>Also, if I do this, is it going to pose a serious security problem? My
>system has no sensitive data, it's just a personal PC, but I would like >to
>know if it's open to the world or not if I enable remote root access.
Big security hole.
>Christopher Gorski
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