Great information as a newbie studing Linux I did not understand why I could not telnet in as root either, I tried Chad's suggestion and got right in. ----- Original Message ----- From: Chad Juettner <chad at bitstream.net> To: <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2000 10:14 PM Subject: Re: [TCLUG:20646] Root login > > When I telnet to my machine from outside using the IP address, > > I cannot login as a root although I supply the correct password. > > Is there something I am doing wrong? I use "root" as login and > > my root password. > > Comment out the following line in /etc/pam.d/login: > > auth required /lib/security/pam_securetty.so > > That's what worked for me. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org > For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org