[ale] telneting as root

[Alfred Grahame Leach]

Why can't I telnet into a linux box as root?  What configuration file 
needs to change?  I'm running vanilla RedHat 3.0.3...

<servername> login: root
root login refused on this terminal.


Other users can telnet it, it would just save some time if I could telnet 
in directly and not have to use another user id and then 'su' once 
logged-in.  Security is not really a concern (I suspect this is why the 
root telnet login is disabled)...

Also, is there a general source for info on the Linux daemons (telnetd, 
ftpd, etc and what files are used to configure them?  While I've been 
able to find enough info on the client parts of these protocols from man 
pages, etc. it's been difficult to know about the server parts...

TIA


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