Re: [LIH] Unable to telnet as root

[Robin Chatterjee]

though if you are using telnet theres no reason why someone can't telnet to
the box and use su to become root. hence securetty is pretty useless. use
ssh if you need security. get rid of securetty otherwise :)


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