On Sat, Sep 11, 1999 at 04:40:00PM +0200, Niclas Hedhman wrote:
>
> Is it possible to allow for root to log in remotely?
Yes, it is.
> If so, how?
>
On a RedHat system:
17:07:53:gerrit@gerrit:~>>> su -c "cat /etc/securetty"
Password:
tty1
tty2
tty3
tty4
tty5
tty6
tty7
tty8
This is a list with permitted consoles. If you add ttyP0, ttyP1, ttyP2,
etcetera, it'll be possible.
try:
$ su -c "ls /dev/tty?? > /etc/securetty"
and everyone will be able to log in.
> Please, spare me the Security risk preach...
>
I don't, sorry!
You can better log in as a regular user and do a su... Why do you want this?
regards,
Gerrit.
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