Re: [LIH] Unable to telnet as root

[Suresh Ramasubramanian]

On Mon, May 15, 2000 at 03:55:11AM -0700, Pinku Hussain typed:

>> disable it and telnet into
>> > the system as root. 

>RENAME OR DELETE THE FILE securetty WHICH IS IN /etc
>DIRECTORY. RESTART 

You crazy, buddy?  Any tom, dick and harry can telnet into your system as
root that way.

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