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

[James McPherson]

(Note reply-to: being general at humbug.org.au vs James McPherson <jmcphers at laurel.ocs.mq.edu.au>)


Craig Eldershaw writes:
 >"Hilton Travis" <QuarkComputers at email.com> writes:
 > >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.

If you don't want to use su or sudo, then you can get a copy of a package
which we use down here called wiz. It logs everything and doesn't require you
to use the root password, just be in the appropriate group. If you're
interested drop me a line and I'll make it available.


James
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