On Mon, Feb 24, 2003 at 01:33:39AM -0500, Bryan Kattwinkel wrote: > Question: Why can't root login on a serial port or a telnet for that > matter? I have to login as a regular user then su. Is this a security > feature I can disable since the box is isolated from the internet? Yes, this is a security feature. Take a look at /etc/securetty. Just add the serial port terminal devices to this list, and it should work. Brad Boyer flar@allandria.com