This one time, at band camp, henry wrote: > >Dears: > I installed RedHat & choosed No_Firewall, then modify /etc/securetty by >adding >0 >1 >2 >3 >(0 1 2 3 means that 4 tty(s) can telnet this host as root)
No, it means that root can log in on /dev/0, /dev/1, /dev/2, and /dev/3 terminal devices. As these don't exist, I don't expect you'll be able to log in as root anywhere. What you should do is log in as a non-root user, then run 'su -' to switch to root. Fix /etc/securetty by changing it to read: console tty0 tty1 tty2 tty3 and then you will be able to log in on the virtual consoles. If you really want to be able to telnet to this machine as root (and I really suggest that you don't, always connect as a normal user when using a remote shell and then use su), then add ttyp0 and so on to /etc/securetty. Better yet, install ssh on that machine and don't use telnet at all. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://spacepants.org/jaq.gpg Telepath needed. You know where to apply. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
