[H-GEN] Telnet not working (local LAN login as root)

[Craig Eldershaw]

(Note reply-to: being general at humbug.org.au vs Craig Eldershaw <ce at comlab.ox.ac.uk>)

>OK.  I tried logging in as joe_user and all worked OK.  How would I enable
>root to telnet in across the local LAN?  

There are rarely any good reasons to login as root, and even fewer to
telnet in as root.  I imagine you really just want to log in remotely as
joe_user, and then use 'su' to temporarily become the superuser.  For a
variety of reasons, this is usually considered "the correct way to do
things".  If you really want to telnet in as root, then look in
/etc/login.access, /etc/login.defs and /etc/securetty (securetty has an
associated man page too).  If your network is connected to the outside
world, then you should also set up tcpd (tcp-wrappers) and/or ssh.
This is especially the case if you want to allow remote root logins in
some cases.

C.

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