Hello again folks, Many thanks for the replies I have had on this subject. This one was the solution I was looking for but Lawson sent it to me personally; I'm sure he won't mind me forwarding it in case anyone else was interested. Again, thanks heaps - I now don't have to squat on the floor to use my Linux machine. :-) Chris +----------------------------------------- +--------------------------+ Be careful of reading health books, | www.tardis.ed.ac.uk/~clr | you might die of a misprint. - Mark Twain +--------------------------+ ----- Original Message ----- From: Lawson A. Whitney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, February 11, 1999 1:45 PM Subject: Re: Root login via network not allowed? >Chris, > >telnetd uses a pseudo-tty for the session. To allow root login by >telnet, you must have in /etc/securetty: > >ttyp0 >ttyp1 >ttyp2 >ttyp3 >... > >Each telnet session occupies a pty, as also do script and possibly >other things. By default slackware has 0-3; I bet RedHat doesn't have >any. And I see their point. > >Lawson > >< Microsoft free environment > >This mail client runs on Wine. Your mileage may vary. > > >___________________________________________________________________ >You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. >Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html >or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] >
