At 04:14 AM 10/16/99 -0400, Wendt,Andrew wrote:
>On Fri, 15 Oct 1999, you wrote:
>
>>> I got a question and since I've dug around all morning with no answer, I
>>> figured I'd ask you folks. :-)
>>>
>>> I guess I've figured out that by default, Redhat (and SGI 1.1), will not
>>let
>>> you log in as root by telnetting into the system. How do you turn this
>>off?
>>> I know we can just create a 'guest' account and then have folks su into
>>> root, but it would be more convenient if we could just login directly. I
>>> think it has something to do with the /etc/securetty file, but I"m not
>>sure
>>> how to edit it to allow it.
>
>My system (running SuSE 6.0) has a /etc/login.defs file. In it there's a
>section:
>
># If defined, either full pathname of a file containing device names or
># a ":" delimited list of device names. Root logins will be allowed only
># upon these devices.
># If you comment out the CONSOLE line completely, root login is possible
># from anywhere.
>#
>CONSOLE /etc/securetty
>CONSOLE tty1:tty2:tty3:tty4:tty5:tty6:tty7:tty8
>
>If your system is also set up like this, you could just place # signs at the
>start of any lines that say CONSOLE and save the file.
>
>TTFN
>
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