[TriLUG] how does one permit root telnet

[Tanner Lovelace]

You probably need to change telnet's pam configuration.  First, make sure
you actually have a telnet server installed. :-)  Then, take a look at the
files in /etc/pam.d/.  There should be a file in there called telnet.  If you
remove the line with "pam_securetty.so" on it, you won't have to mess
with securetty for telnet (a bad idea, but you've already acknowledged
that so I won't belabor the point too much).  Otherwise, I'd suggest making
the file similar to the pam "login" file.

If you're running mandrake, you'll need to add one or both of the following
statements to /etc/security/msec/level.local:

allow_remote_root_login(1)
allow_root_login(1)

(And also make sure that file has this line at the top:
from mseclib import *
so as to not get errors, since I'm pretty sure that file just gets
interpreted as python code.)

Cheers,
Tanner Lovelace
On Tue, 28 Sep 2004 08:53:17 -0400, Ryan Leathers
<ryan.leathers at globalknowledge.com> wrote:
> You don't hear this one every day.
> I need to allow root telnet access to a Linux host.
> I think I need to modify /etc/securetty to permit this but I'm not sure
> exactly how, and my experiments so far are fruitless.
> Anyone know?
> 
> To prevent a flood of replies encouraging the use of SSH let me just say: in
> this unique case telnet is the ONLY choice.
> 
> Ryan
> 
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