Re: [LI] Telnet as root

[Dipinder Chhabra <dip@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 11 Jan 2000 skhader@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> Hi there,
> By default, you cannot telnet to a system as root ( security issue, a brute
> force attack ).
> Therefore telnet as a user and the su ( man su ) or
> check the archives for more info ;-)
or u can edit /etc/securetty and allow some ttys from which root is
allowed.
add lines like
ttyp0
ttyp1 
etc etc.
Dipinder.

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