[ale] root telnet problem

Alfred Grahame Leach aleach at cc.gatech.edu
Mon Jul 29 10:14:28 EDT 1996


Thanks to all who responded to my question about telneting as root.  It 
appears to be the case that the /etc/securetty file needs some extra 
entries in order to allow this (or I could just remove the file 
altogether).  I've been warned about security problems with telneting as 
root, so I probably, but if anybody else is interested, check the man 
pages for securetty and login.

- Al

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