Thanks to all those who responded to my post. Neil
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Woods Sent: 21 August 2004 01:05 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] telnet and Root Chris Shaw wrote: >>If you really want to be able to telnet in as root, locate >>telnetd.conf or somesuch and it should be in there somewhere >>as a yes/no. (It is for ssh anyway..) >> >> > >No, not under any distro I'm familiar with... It's under /etc/securetty... >You add the tty of the device you want to allow root access to, like >pts/0... DON'T DO THIS THOUGH, unless you don't care that your root password >will be sent PLAINTEXT over the internet... > > > He may not be telneting to it across the internet. He may only be doing it from his local network. That being said, I like almost everyone else, recommend ssh *and* su, though I'm guilty of logging in as root across the internet with ssh. -Mark _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
