[TriLUG] how does one permit root telnet

[Victor Snesarev]

This may show my newbiness, but can't one log in as a non-root user and then
'su'?

-Victor

--- "Aaron S. Joyner" <aaron at joyner.ws> wrote:

> 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
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