What do I have to do after I have added these psudeo terminals to the
securetty file.
Thanks,
Anthony
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From: "Robert Soros" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Saturday, August 19, 2000 1:32 AM
Subject: Re: Telnet
> ahh, whatcha ya do is, edit your /etc/securetty file, it contains a list
> of terminals that root is allowed to log on from.
>
> for example your securetty file probably looks like this right now
>
>
> [root@co677054-a gtm_transfers]# cat /etc/securetty
> tty1
> tty2
> tty3
> tty4
> tty5
> tty6
> tty7
> tty8
>
>
> what you want to do is add the psudeo terminals to it.. add these so it
> looks like this.
>
>
> [root@co677054-a gtm_transfers]# cat /etc/securetty
> tty1
> tty2
> tty3
> tty4
> tty5
> tty6
> tty7
> tty8
> ttyp0
> ttyp1
> ttyp2
> ttyp3
> ttyp4
> ttyp5
> ttyp6
> ttyp7
> ttyp8
>
>
> this will lets lots of root users onto your system simultaneously :) I
> have to warn you this is not a good idea :)))
>
> Instead, you would be much safer if you sat down and learned about how
> to use SSH (secure shell)...
>
> Good luck :)
>
>
>
> Robert Soros
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> > I tried to telnet my RH6.2 server, from a Win95 client. Tried to login
as
> > root with password, the access was denied. Created another user with
> > password. Again access was denied. Then, I gave a blank password for the
new
> > user and tried to telnet as the new user ID, and I was able to login.
What
> > am I missing here.... I am sure it is some thing very basic...
> >
> > However, considering I have been using Linux only for 2 months now...may
I
> > request for some advise from the experts......
> >
> >
> > Thanks for any help...
> >
> > Raj
> >
> >
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