-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, 13 Oct 2003 15:58:45 -0400 Dan Coutu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> First of all, I know this isn't a great idea, but it is required > by a specific scenario. Here's the situation: > > Got a RedHat 9 system that I need to allow remote telnet logins > to root from the LAN. I had thought that an entry in > /etc/security/access.conf would do the trick but it didn't. I also > went to /etc/xinetd.d and edited the telnet file to enable telnet. > Still no joy. > > I must be missing something else but don't know what. A search of > the mail archives turned up nothing. Ideas? Dan, WRT: The other posts, have you been able to allow for non-root logins over telnet. Then, once logged in, then use su, sudo or sux to become root. You may need to add /dev/pts to /etc/securetty. But, I think you are opening up a can of worms. - -- Jerry Feldman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Boston Linux and Unix user group http://www.blu.org PGP key id:C5061EA9 PGP Key fingerprint:053C 73EC 3AC1 5C44 3E14 9245 FB00 3ED5 C506 1EA9 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2-rc1-SuSE (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/ixTS+wA+1cUGHqkRAnugAJ4nTmqJeMNBO4gKlllfcn+V2abqEgCeIrce GuOCjXBvJ7IrQ4aSOsHAAH0= =pubr -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss