>Hi I have a small LAN in my house which is physically isolated from the
>internet. It is composed of several linux boxes (some RH6.0 and some Slackware
>7.0). Because it is isolated from the internet I am not concerned about
>security (also the machines hold no valuable data). When I wish to telnet to
>any on the boxes and perform operations which require root access I have to
>telnet in as a normal user and then su to root. I understand that this is
>supposed to offer security benefits, but on my isolated LAN it is just a pain
>in the *@#. I am often telneting to one of these machines upwards of ten times
>a day and I would like to be able to gain root access through telnet without
>having to go in as a normal user and then su.
>
>Can someone tell me what I should change to allow me to do this.
Use rlogin instead. You can set up permissions so that when you rlogin
to another box as root, there is no login at all. You get the shell right
away. Did it all the time under SunOS/Solaris. Should be able to set up
the .rhosts file and host.allow so that it will work under Linux as well.
See if the man page for rlogin has any details.
MB
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