Re: Root login from remote system

[Atul Chitnis <achitnis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

May I suggest the use of ssh instead? Please go to http://www.replay.com
and pick up ssh clients/servers for Linux/Windows/etc. and make plentiful
use of them. ssh will allow you to do a root login, but it will be
completely secure and encrypted.

Atul

> > 
> > How can one set up   a system to allow a root login  ( not su ) from a remote
> > system ????
> 
> Comment out the securetty line from /etc/pam.d/login



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