Re: telnet and FTP as root

[swedebear dccnet com (Anders Lind)]

Hello,

by default you cannot remote connect to your box with root, you have
to login as a user and if you really need to do work as root you just
type su and then your rootpassword,

/Anders

On 25 Jul 2001 17:07:18 +0200, in linux.redhat.install you wrote:

>I saw this thread before but I didnt see an answer. I have this bix running RH 7.1 and I can log
>into it using any regular user through telnet and ftp but why cant I log in as root. I keep
>getting "login incorrect." I can login as a regular user and then su to root but not straight to
>root. my xinetd.conf is below.
>
>defaults
>{
>	instances               = 60
>        log_type                = SYSLOG authpriv
>        log_on_success		= HOST PID
>        log_on_failure		= HOST
>	per_source		= 5
>	only_from		= xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
>}
>
>service telnet
>{
>	flags		= REUSE
>	socket_type	= stream
>	protocol	= tcp
>	wait		= no
>	user		= root
>	server		= /usr/sbin/in.telnetd
>}
>service ftp
>{
>	flags		= REUSE
>	socket_type	= stream
>	protocol	= tcp
>	wait		= no
>	user		= root
>	server		= /usr/sbin/in.ftpd
>	server_args	= ftpd -l
>	disable		= no
>}
>
>includedir /etc/xinetd.d
>
>
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