RE: Remote login

[<karlp ourldsfamily com>]

One note about Bill's suggestion: su alone only gives you superuser
priveleges but leaves you in your own shell. If you want to become root,
you must do su - which causes you to become root in every aspect and
changes you to /root and gives you all the environment variables root
enjoys, including PATH, etc. As a normal user and if you only use su, you
won't have /usr/sbin in your PATH. If you su -, you will.

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On Fri, 3 May 2002, Bill Andersen wrote:

>Vanessa Corbin wrote:
>> I am new to Linux.  I have just installed Red Hat 7.2.  I want to know:
>>
>> 1) Is gui interface available when accessing box remotely?
>> 2) Can "root" id be used to telnet into box?
>>
>> Currently, I cannot telnet using root and I do not get gui interface.  Are
>> these problems or features??
>
>Vanessa,
>
>  As a general rule of thumb, you shouldn't really log in as "root"
>  for everyday usage.  Especially if you are not familier with the OS.
>  Although most "experienced" system admins DO log in as root as a norm,
>  most will tell you the don't :)  (OK, yes I'm included)
>
>  However, the BEST way to do your administration is to log in under
>  your normal user account and then issue the command "su".  You will
>  then be asked for the root password.  Once you give a good password,
>  you become the "Super User" (aka root)
>
>  So, in answer to your question #2 - As telnet is not a secure method
>  of accessing your machine, MOST unix system don't allow you to telnet
>  in as root BY DEFAULT.  You CAN configure telnet to allow access via
>  root, but I wouldn't suggest doing so.
>
>  For question #1 - You can get a GUI using an Xwindows Server on your
>  local machine.  However, I have no use for it and really have never
>  done so.  Other on the list might point you to a good X server - assuming
>  you are working on a PC from the remote machine.
>
>Bill
>
>
>
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