You can telnet in as root if you really want to, all you have to do is (as root
of course)
vi /etc/securetty
At the end of the file append:
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
0
What this file does is say what ttys are allowed to login as root. Doing the
above essentially allows all. Not suggested for a production system, but quite
useful otherwise.
-David Talbot
On Wed, 05 Jul 2000, you wrote:
> You cannot telnet in as root. Telnet in as a regular user the su to root.
> Even better USE SSH. SSH encrypts the connection and allows root log in!
> ----- Original Message -----
>
> > 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?
> >
