RE: logging in as root via telnet

[KoReE <koree@ameth.org>]

If you notice in the man page, it says not to include the leading /dev/ :D
Unless you're already doing that, or it has changed recently.....

Koree

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On Mon, 8 Jan 2001 jay@lazy.accessus.net wrote:

> 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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