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Re: Login



On Mon, Jan 19, 2004 at 05:25:54PM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 19, 2004 at 08:24:34PM +0100, Jan Minar wrote:
> > On Mon, Jan 19, 2004 at 07:25:51AM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote:
> > > On Mon, Jan 19, 2004 at 03:18:58PM -0000, Cristiano Tavares - SP wrote:
> > > > Why doesn't my Debian system let me login with root?
> > > 
> > > Because it's not bright.  Log in as a normal user, and use su -m to
> > > get root.
> > 
> > Just be aware that telnet is a security disaster.  Use ssh instead.
> 
> Considering questions like this have come up in the past, I think it's
> a little safer to assume the user is talking about [kgx]dm

Ah, yes.  Of course.  Silly me ;-)

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Jan Minar                   "Please don't CC me, I'm subscribed." x 9

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