Re: simple question-how to login as root.

1998-05-28 Thread Jakob 'Sparky' Kaivo
On Thu, 28 May 1998, Fred Smith wrote: > On Thu, May 28, 1998 at 05:54:49PM +0300, arda wrote: > > sorry for asking such a simple question but I can't login to my newly > > installed RedHat box with telnet.. > > > > I can login as ordinary users , but the login says "Incorrect Password " > > whe

Re: simple question-how to login as root.

1998-05-28 Thread Fred Smith
On Thu, May 28, 1998 at 05:54:49PM +0300, arda wrote: > sorry for asking such a simple question but I can't login to my newly > installed RedHat box with telnet.. > > I can login as ordinary users , but the login says "Incorrect Password " > when I try to access the machine from other computers..

Re: simple question-how to login as root.

1998-05-28 Thread Matt Housh
You'd have to put ttyp0, ttyp1, etc, in /etc/securettys to be able to login as root remotely. Not a recommended solution, as it invites security problems. As far as commands not being found, it's most likely a matter of the path not being set up correctly. For the record, 'su' and 'su -'

simple question-how to login as root.

1998-05-28 Thread arda
sorry for asking such a simple question but I can't login to my newlyinstalled RedHat box with telnet..I can login as ordinary users , but the login says "Incorrect Password "when I try to access the machine from other computers.. I can login when I'mon the console..  In slackware linux I k