Re: [LIH] Unable to telnet as root

[Suresh Ramasubramanian]

On Mon, May 15, 2000 at 04:45:38PM +0530, Robin Chatterjee typed:

>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 :)

Two layers of passwords required.  And most 'doze users have never _heard_
of ssh :)

Personally, I feel you can remove _telnet_ itself if you install ssh
support.

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