On Tue, Apr 13, 1999 at 08:38:41AM -0700, Harte, Tiemen wrote: > I can get the login screen but I can't log in with the ROOT account or a > other account created with adduser. Because the pseudo ttys that telnetd uses are not in /etc/securetty You have a few options: a) add /dev/ttyp0 and a few others to /etc/securetty Bad. This allows people to guess the root password. Otherwise they need to guess a username, the corresponding password and the root password to get root access to your machine, which is much more difficult. b) login as a normal user and use the su to become root. c) login as a normal user and use sudo. d) Install Teraterm Pro, a free program available from http://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA002416/teraterm.html and ttssh from http://www.zip.com.au/~roca/ttssh.html also free. Then use ssh that allows secure direct root login. As an added bonus you get a decent terminal emulation. The standard windows telnet isn't. Nils -- Plug-and-Play is really nice, unfortunately it only works 50% of the time. To be specific the "Plug" almost always works. --unknown source
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