That's not a "solution" though. Sure it lets you telnet in as root, but telneting in as root is the problem to begin with. If any distro allowed me to telnet in as root, I'd consider it "broken" and would "fix" it by adding that line to /etc/inetd.conf or disabling telnet. My $.02, Gabe On Fri, Aug 25, 2000 at 02:37:00PM -0500, Troy Schmidt wrote: > 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 -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gabe Turner | X-President, UNIX Systems Administrator, | Assoc. for Computing Machinery U of M Supercomputing Institute for | Univerisity of Minnesota Digital Simulation and Advanced Computation | dopp at acm.cs.umn.edu "Be nice to him [Kowalski] because he's the product of your loins!" -- Stimpy "My fake loins!!" -- Ren Hoek - Ren takes on fatherhood in "Fake Dad" -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org