Re: how to enable the root in telnet

2005-04-24 Thread Ed Stover
um hi On Sun, 2005-04-24 at 18:53 +0800, kylin wrote: > thank u for your advise! but now i am in a very save local network > ,and the su return sorry in my telnet, > so is that mean i have to go to ssh? or can i chage some file to enable it > thank u and best wishes > > On 4/24/05, Roland Smith

Re: how to enable the root in telnet

2005-04-24 Thread Lis
abbendum: but think about the problem that your data is send unencrypted over the network if u make no ssh logins - Original Message - From: "kylin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: ; "kylin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2005 12:53 PM Subject: Re:

Re: how to enable the root in telnet

2005-04-24 Thread Lis
u have to log in with your normal account that is not your root account... add this account to the group wheel and su to root... - Original Message - From: "kylin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: ; "kylin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2005 12:53 P

Re: how to enable the root in telnet

2005-04-24 Thread kylin
thank u for your advise! but now i am in a very save local network ,and the su return sorry in my telnet, so is that mean i have to go to ssh? or can i chage some file to enable it thank u and best wishes On 4/24/05, Roland Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, Apr 24, 2005 at 06:09:38PM +0

Re: how to enable the root in telnet

2005-04-24 Thread Roland Smith
On Sun, Apr 24, 2005 at 06:09:38PM +0800, kylin wrote: > i find it difficult to use root account when i telnet to freebsd 5.3 > release , anything need to change? You're not supposed to log in as root over telnet. It would expose the root password to anybody intercepting your IP traffic. It would