[TriLUG] how does one permit root telnet

[Aaron S. Joyner]

Tanner Lovelace wrote:

>You probably need to change telnet's pam configuration.  ...  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.
>
I often forget about pam, it so quietly does it's job for me most of the 
time.  :)  Tanner's method is preferable, given almost all situations.

Aaron S. Joyner