As a security issue, this should be left turned off.
Just log in as yourself and use sudo or su.
Bother of these probably have man pages.
--shawn
-----Original Message-----
From: Shane McKeown [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 1999 7:28 AM
To: Linux Networking
Cc: Linux Newbie
Subject: Re: Telnet
Well, I can login as a user no problem.
But is there a way to enable root login?
Shane
--- Mark E Drummond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Shane McKeown wrote:
> >
> > Hi all, I am trying to telnet into my Linux box
> > from WinNT. Where can I find info on this
> subject?
>
> You need to make sure that telnet is enabled on the
> linux box. Do a `cat
> /etc/inetd.conf | grep telnet`. If it returns a line
> like the following:
>
> telnet stream tcp nowait root
> /usr/sbin/tcpd
> /usr/sbin/in.telnetsnoopd
>
> and the line does _not_ have a comment mark "#" in
> front of it, the you
> are in business. This is the default on most newly
> installed boxen.
>
> You also need networking setup. Go to
> http://metalab.unc.edu/LDP/ and
> read the Net3-HOWTO and the Network Administrators
> Guide if you need
> help here.
>
> Then just click Start|Run and type in telnet. Then
> enter the name of the
> Linux box in the dialog that comes up.
>
> If you run into problems let me know.
>
> --
>
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> College of Canada
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