Thanks to all of you for all the suggestions and caveats. I've been told
that, in this circumstance, ssh is not an option. At least now, maybe I can
convince people to just leave it the way it is.
Jerry
----- Original Message -----
From: Thornton Prime <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, April 06, 2001 10:19 AM
Subject: Re: root remote login
>
> On Fri, 6 Apr 2001, Nitebirdz wrote:
> > >
> > > Red Hat told me that logging in remotely as root had been turned off
in RH
> > > 6.2 for security reasons. Anyone know where the file is to turn it
back on?
> >
> > I believe it's the /etc/securetty file.
>
> It is also tied to your pam configuration. PAM configurations with
> pam_securetty will limit root logins to ttys listed in /etc/securetty.
>
> As others mentioned, it is a *Bad Idea* to allow root logins via telnet
> over the wire, secure network or not.
>
> If you are looking for a way to be root on a remote machine, 'su' provides
> you a minimal layer of protection, 'sudo' provides you a lot more, and
> replacing telnet with ssh makes the security issue disappear entirely.
> Replacing password logins with RSA/DSA key logins makes your system hard
> as nails.
>
> Do yourself a favor and disable telnet entirely and install ssh.
>
> thornton
>
>
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