On Sun, 25 Jun 2000, Steven Pierce wrote:
> The other question which is something that I should know, but for some reason I am
>drawing a complete blank.. I can telnet to my box with a program
> that runs under Win 2K, it is called reflection 2. I get the log in prompt, but if
>I type in
> Login Root
> Password xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> It tells me login incorrect. WHY?? I have root access on the box. I am currently
>log in as root, or is that why? (On the box itself)
>
RedHat does not allow "root" to log in from remote. It's a security
precaution. Use SSH if you NEED to log in as root, or telnet in as a
user, then su to root.
John
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