I think you have to telnet into the box as a normal user and then su to
root. I remember reading somewhere that root was not allowed to telnet
in.
On Sat, 8 Jan 2000, Torben Tretau wrote:
>
> Hi!
>
> Connected my 2 linux boxes to build a small
> network. Everythings works, besides that
> i can't login as root via telnet or rlogin,
> only normal user logins are working..
> If I want to mount a NFS directory as root
> i receive a Permission Denied, sounds like
> the same problem.. But what is the solution? ;)
> Don't want to setup a NIS for this little
> Network, must I?
>
> Thanks in advance, bye
>
> Torben
>