Re: Allow root to telnet

2002-04-18 Thread Tom Cook
On 0, Michael Watts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I am having trouble with a few services and want to allow root to telnet > to a Debian 2.2r5 system for testing purposes, but can not find the way > to allow this to happen. That is because it is one of the worse ideas around. If you allo

Re: Allow root to telnet

2002-04-18 Thread David Smead
It's probably easier to set up ssh, and access as a normal user and the su. -- Sincerely, David Smead http://www.amplepower.com. On Thu, 18 Apr 2002, Michael Watts wrote: > Hi, > > I am having trouble with a few services and want to allow root to telnet > to a Debian 2.2r5 system for testing p

Re: Allow root to telnet

2002-04-17 Thread Ramesh Panuganty
1. If you are able to telnet as any other user from the same system, probably you are not stuck with tcpwrappers. If not, look at /etc/hosts.allow and /etc/hosts.deny   2. For the information needed to be added in /etc/securetty, look at my tips in http://panuganty.tripod.com/debiantips/boot

Re: Allow root to telnet

2002-04-17 Thread Paul 'Baloo' Johnson
On Thu, 18 Apr 2002, Michael Watts wrote: > I have had a look through the man pages, and looked into /etc/securetty > but get stuck there. Do I have to add an entry for telnet to securetty > to allow root to login that way? Or is it done elsewhere?? Add ttyp0, etc (I think) to /etc/securetty and

Re: Allow root to telnet

2002-04-17 Thread Dave Price
On Thu, Apr 18, 2002 at 11:32:45AM +0800, Michael Watts wrote: > Hi, > > I am having trouble with a few services and want to allow root to telnet > to a Debian 2.2r5 system for testing purposes, but can not find the way > to allow this to happen. > Can't you achieve the same thing by connecting a