> >Others can tell you how to allow root to > >telnet in, but I won't, cause I like you. :) > > I hold you in high esteem, also, but if I were to do something to cause > you NOT to like me ... THEN would you tell me :) ? (Remember ... this > is only a 'temporary' thing, right?). BTW, ARE you saying I could > create user accounts that could telnet in?
Using ssh is best, right? Any other user account is ok. A real quick and bad hack is to "rm -f /etc/securetty", then you can login as root. Another is to change the pam requirements and delete pam_securetty for telnet. You did hear warnings that using ssh is best, right? cu, Florian La Roche
