At 12:36 AM 11/12/99 -0300, Jose Albores wrote [in part]: >Gerry Mullins wrote: >> 1. I know I've seen this before, but how to I enable root to login from >> anywhere? If not on the console, it won't let root login (sure, sure, I can >> login as myself and su.) >> > >AFAIK, under Linux, root may login from anywhere. Maybe you have had >experience with FreeBSD? As other responses to the original question have suggested, this isn't so. In general, root can log in directly (that is, without going through a different userid and su'ing over) only from terminal devices that are designated as secure. Might you be a Slackware user? Slackware has long included several telnet devices in its /etc/securettys file, making it seem like there was no restriction. More tough-minded distributions (Debian from my own experience, and I think Red Hat and its cousins as well) allow root logins by default only from the console. ------------------------------------"Never tell me the odds!"--- Ray Olszewski -- Han Solo Palo Alto, CA [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----------------------------------------------------------------
