Or better yet, install SSH, so your sessions are encrypted, and you're not
sending your root password in plaintext all over the Internet.
-Matt Stegman
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On Wed, 5 Jul 2000, Ken Wilson wrote:
> Log in as a regular user to the remote machine and then do an 'su' to root
> once you're logged in.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard Fiedler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: July 5, 2000 5:25 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [expert] Remote Access of Root
>
>
> I have Mandrake 7.1 up and running and for maintenance purposes I want to
> log on remotely as root for telnet and ftp from another system.
>
> Right now this seems to be defeated by the system. Can I change this?
>
