-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Yes, but can you first log in as a regular user then either su or sudo or sux? On Mon, 13 Oct 2003 17:20:18 -0400 Dan Coutu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Mon, 2003-10-13 at 17:10, Jerry Feldman wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > On Mon, 13 Oct 2003 15:58:45 -0400 > > Dan Coutu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > First of all, I know this isn't a great idea, but it is required > > > by a specific scenario. Here's the situation: > > > > > > Got a RedHat 9 system that I need to allow remote telnet logins > > > to root from the LAN. I had thought that an entry in > > > /etc/security/access.conf would do the trick but it didn't. I also > > > went to /etc/xinetd.d and edited the telnet file to enable telnet. > > > Still no joy. > > > > > > I must be missing something else but don't know what. A search of > > > the mail archives turned up nothing. Ideas? > > Dan, > > WRT: The other posts, have you been able to allow for non-root > > logins over telnet. Then, once logged in, then use su, sudo or sux > > to become root. > > > > You may need to add /dev/pts to /etc/securetty. > > But, I think you are opening up a can of worms. > > > Yes, I know it is a can of worms. Unfortunately I need to first > solve this and then work on finding a way to solve it better. > The problem is that the client has an application which allows > administrative actions only when logged in as root. It uses > an ancient curses based interface that uses strange terminal > mapping that simple doesn't work correctly with any of the > conventional termcap entries that I've tried. Either the > keyboard mapping is wrong or the display gets unreadable. > > Everything works correctly though when connecting with a > terminal emulator that only supports telnet connections. > > Sigh. > > Thanks for the help folks, sorry for the impatient reply > to Jared earlier. > -- > Dan Coutu > Managing Director > Snowy Owl Internet Consulting, LLC > http://www.snowy-owl.com > > _______________________________________________ > gnhlug-discuss mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss > - -- Jerry Feldman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Boston Linux and Unix user group http://www.blu.org PGP key id:C5061EA9 PGP Key fingerprint:053C 73EC 3AC1 5C44 3E14 9245 FB00 3ED5 C506 1EA9 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2-rc1-SuSE (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/ixis+wA+1cUGHqkRAiTmAJ4727euIf6XRG+d8Sb1bp5VxgFzbQCfcVBq D0RJpDzxiXeNUgPU+z+eQVQ= =EH1Q -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss