I believe that the /etc/securetty or something of that nature, denys, login as root. Root is supposedly never supposed to be directly accessed ever. A form of security against remote invasion of monumental proportions. (considering you can wipe out the local system or shutdown / reboot the system remotely...)
Carroll Kong On Sun, 12 Apr 1998, Martin Schulze wrote: > -----Forwarded message from Paul Winkler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>----- > > This is my first experience setting up a Debian (or UNIX) server. > > The server is running Debian 1.3.1. I am not able to telnet into the > server and login as "root", I can however telnet and login as other > users. I can also ftp and login as root. > > An explanation as to why this is occuring and how I might remedy it > would be appreciated. Thanks in advance. > > Paul > > -----End of forwarded message----- > > -- > / Martin Schulze http://home.pages.de/~joey/ > / Linux - the choice of a GNU generation [EMAIL PROTECTED] / -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
