/bin/login will only allow root logins from those terminals listed in /etc/securetty. Although telnetd doesn't use a serial port, it does use a pseudo-tty. If you want to allow root login via telnet you'll need to add all the pseudo-ttys to /etc/securetty.
Bruce Dobrin wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm trying to login to my linux systems as root, it doesn't work. I've > setup the hosts.equiv file so I can login in from elsewhere as anything else, > but not as root. I have an isolated network so security is not an issue. > > thanks > > Bruce Dobrin > Multi Media Dept. > Sony Pictures Imageworks > 310-840-8412 > > "Never hit your Grandma with a shovel, it leaves a bad impression on her > mind" > -Tiny Tim > > -- > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . -- Jens B. Jorgensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
