I don't know if the following applies to all varieties of unix... Not being able to telnet in directly as root is just default behaviour. This could be changed...but some would say this is a bad idea. There must be someone at the server end with root access. In order for your account to be able to "su", your account must be in the system group in /etc/group (on the host or via NIS).
Kip |Log into the server with a regular account and execute su - |Supply root's password when prompted. |Allan | -----Original Message----- | From: M.Godlewski [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2003 7:10 PM | To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L | Subject: Unix root account remote access | List, | I want to install Oracle on a UNIX system no sys admin on board |yet, so I get to set up the system with the Oracle account etc. |Unfortunately, I can not log into the root account remotely. I get a |non console message. Is there a way to allow remote root connections? | _____ | Do you Yahoo!? | The New Yahoo! Search |<http://us.rd.yahoo.com/search/mailsig/*http://search.yahoo.com> - |Faster. Easier. Bingo. |______________________________________________________________________________ |This email is intended solely for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged information. Copying, forwarding or distributing this message by persons or entities other than the addressee is prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please contact the sender immediately and delete the material from any computer. This email may have been monitored for policy compliance. [021216] Content-type: text/html; charset=us-ascii <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Message</TITLE> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <META content="MSHTML 5.50.4923.2500" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><SPAN class=089555212-18072003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Log into the server with a regular account and execute su -</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=089555212-18072003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Supply root's password when prompted. </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=089555212-18072003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=089555212-18072003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Allan</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV></DIV> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> M.Godlewski [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, July 17, 2003 7:10 PM<BR><B>To:</B> Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L<BR><B>Subject:</B> Unix root account remote access<BR><BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV>List,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I want to install Oracle on a UNIX system no sys admin on board yet, so I get to set up the system with the Oracle account etc. Unfortunately, I can not log into the root account remotely. I get a non console message. Is there a way to allow remote root connections?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <P> <HR SIZE=1> Do you Yahoo!?<BR><A href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/search/mailsig/*http://search.yahoo.com";>The New Yahoo! Search</A> - Faster. Easier. Bingo.</BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> <P>______________________________________________________________________________<br> This email is intended solely for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged information. Copying, forwarding or distributing this message by persons or entities other than the addressee is prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please contact the sender immediately and delete the material from any computer. This email may have been monitored for policy compliance. [021216]<br> </P> -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
