One more thing, this is a BAD idea... You should not log in as root for a variety of reasons. If you insist, root is very powerful, and it's your funeral (as they say...)
Thanks, Rick Carroll Operations Engineer SocketWare 404-815-1998 ext. 23 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: Vincent Couvreur [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2003 11:09 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: telnet with root In my securetty i 've already have : vc/1 vc/2 vc/3 ... tty1 tty2 tty3 tty4 .. And it does not work ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeff Kinz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2003 4:10 PM Subject: Re: telnet with root > On Tue, Feb 25, 2003 at 03:41:28PM +0100, Vincent Couvreur wrote: > > I use Redhat 8.0 > > When i want to telnet my server with the user root, it says me that it' s a "Login incorrect". > > > > But when i use another user, it's ok. > > > > I know it's for a pb of security, but can you tell me how to do it. > > > > Thanks > > yep, definitely a no-no. Anyone running tcpdump or ethereal or any one of > dozens of linux or Windows packet sniffers can snatch your root password off > the LAN. If your not worried about that then add the names of the tty lines > you wish to be able to login as root from to the file /etc/securetty > > The file can look like this: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# cat /etc/securetty > vc/1 > vc/2 > vc/<N> > .. > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
