On Fri, Aug 25, 2000 at 02:37:00PM -0500, Troy Schmidt (troyschmidt at mn.mediaone.net) wrote: > Great information as a newbie studing Linux I did not understand why I could > not telnet in as root either, I tried Chad's suggestion and got right in. I haven't been reading the entire thread, so sorry if I'm reitterating what someone else has said... You should never telnet as root. Telnet uses clear-text password. Use ssh instead of telnet. I don't even ssh as root. I ssh as regular user and then su to root if necessary. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Chad Juettner <chad at bitstream.net> > To: <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> > Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2000 10:14 PM > Subject: Re: [TCLUG:20646] Root login > > > > > When I telnet to my machine from outside using the IP address, > > > I cannot login as a root although I supply the correct password. > > > Is there something I am doing wrong? I use "root" as login and > > > my root password. > > > > Comment out the following line in /etc/pam.d/login: > > > > auth required /lib/security/pam_securetty.so > > > > That's what worked for me. > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org > For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org -- Amy Tanner Voice: 612.943.8700 Real Time Enterprises, Inc. Fax: 612.943.8500 amy at real-time.com http://www.real-time.com PGP fingerprint = 67 6C 8F DB B1 7A 8D 41 DC 7B CA 0B 28 1E 67 AD --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org