Probably (make that definitely) a better approach is leave the config alone, telnet in as admin and "su -" to root.
The best approach, of course, is to use SSH, not telnet. Neither of those involve major compromises to security or any change to the config. Just a suggestion. JP ----- Original Message ----- From: "Smith, Jeffery S (Scott)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2001 9:33 AM Subject: RE: [e-smith-devinfo] root / shell access > With respect to Mitel cautions as to insecurity of telnet, and assuming > you've used the web manager to otherwise enable remote access: > > /sbin/e-smith/db configuration setprop telnet PermitRootLogin yes > /sbin/e-smith/signal-event remoteaccess-update > > Scott > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2001 7:56 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: [e-smith-devinfo] root / shell access > > > > > > I am running the latest version of the server (v5) but cant > > seem to access > > the shell like I could in v4 by telnet. Telnet IS enabled and > > I can login as > > admin but not root! > > > > > > -- > > Please report bugs to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Please mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] (only) to discuss security issues > > Support for registered customers and partners to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Archives by mail and > > http://www.mail-archive.com/devinfo%40lists.e-smith.org > > > > -- > Please report bugs to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Please mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] (only) to discuss security issues > Support for registered customers and partners to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Archives by mail and http://www.mail-archive.com/devinfo%40lists.e-smith.org > > > -- Please report bugs to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] (only) to discuss security issues Support for registered customers and partners to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives by mail and http://www.mail-archive.com/devinfo%40lists.e-smith.org
