Re: # login from remote host?
/bin/login will only allow root logins from those terminals listed in /etc/securetty. Although telnetd doesn't use a serial port, it does use a pseudo-tty. If you want to allow root login via telnet you'll need to add all the
pseudo-ttys to /etc/securetty.
Bruce Dobrin wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm trying to login to my linux systems as root, it doesn't work. I've setup the hosts.equiv file so I can login in from elsewhere as anything else, but not as root. I have an isolated network so security is not an issue.
>
> thanks
>
> Bruce Dobrin
> Multi Media Dept.
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>
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