RE: logging in as root via telnet

[jay@lazy.accessus.net]

Actually I'm curious about this too, to some degree.  I notice the telnet
logins allocate a /dev/pts/? terminal.  Adding, for instance, /dev/pts/2
etc to /etc/securettys doesn't work either.  Hmmm...

Maybe edit the login.c code or such that check for if uid=0 check
/etc/securetty so it allows you no matter what.



On Mon, 8 Jan 2001, Brune, Charlie wrote:

> Nope.  My computers are all in one room and I'm pretty sure my wife isn't going
> to hack into them.  8-)
>
> I'm really just looking to turn off whatever setting tells telnet not to let
> root in.
>
> Thanks for the links, just the same.  I'll try them out.
>
> Thanks,
> Chas
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steven Pritchard [mailto:steve@silug.org]
> Sent: Saturday, January 06, 2001 11:12 AM
> To: silug-discuss@silug.org
> Subject: Re: logging in as root via telnet
>
>
> > P.S.  No, I don't want to use ssh.
>
> Yes, you do.  :-)
>
> Red Hat 7 includes OpenSSH, and you can get Red Hat 6 rpms from
>
>     ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/OpenSSH/portable/rpm/
>
> If you need a Windows client, try PuTTY.
>
>     http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/
>
> There is a *long* list of reasons why ssh is *infinitely* better than
> telnet, rlogin, rsh, rcp, etc. that I can go through if you don't
> trust me.  :-)
>
> Steve
>

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