Why in the **** would anyone ever want to login remotely as root. Telnet
is unencrypted, so if you login as root via telnet, theres your password
in plain text on the wire for anyone with a packet sniffer to see. Use
ssh wherever remote login is needed.
Brian
On Tue, 31 Oct 2000, Sam LI wrote:
> yes,
> this is true
> all the unix system have the root login security,
> you can't login in as root through any telnet
>
> I can;t remeber that there is a file under the /etc/ to govern this.
>
> once you add a # before the variable, you will able to login as root from
> telnet session
>
> CONSOLE=
> Sorry, can;t remember the file name and it variable
>
> Sam Li
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Ngo Van Dzung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2000 5:08 PM
> Subject: TELNET question?
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>
> > Hi All,
> > I have server with SUN Solaris 7, from a Workstation (Windows 98), I
> telnet
> > to the Server and logon using user root, but after I typed username and
> > password I saw following message:
> > ---------------------------------------
> > Not on system console
> > Connection to host lost.
> > ---------------------------------------
> > But if I telnet and logon with another username it done successfuly, and I
> > can su to root no problem.
> > So how can I telnet and logon using user root? Please help me!
> >
> > Cheeres,
> >
> >
> >
> >
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