RE: [expert] Remote Access of Root

[John Aldrich]

On Wed, 05 Jul 2000, you wrote:
> Log in as a regular user to the remote machine and then do an 'su' to root
> once you're logged in.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard Fiedler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: July 5, 2000 5:25 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [expert] Remote Access of Root
> 
> 
> I have Mandrake 7.1 up and running and for maintenance purposes I want to
> log on remotely as root for telnet and ftp from another system.
> 
> Right now this seems to be defeated by the system. Can I change this?
>
OR, use SSH and SFTP to accomplish the same thing with one step
instead of two. :-)
        John