Re: Telnet/pop3 Problem

[Bret Hughes <bhughes elevating com>]

Can you log in as a normal user and su - to read root's mail?
Bret

Richard Andrews wrote:

> Usually you can only log in as root from the local console. This is done for
> obvious security reasons. There _is_ a way to change this behaviour but I can't
> remember which files you have to alter. Your best place to start is the manual
> page login, getty and agetty as these are the programs which handle logins.
>   I think that /etc/securetty is the file you want. Need to have the tty that
> the login is arriving on mentioned here.
>
> Rich
>
> >I'm trying to telnet to my linux box and login as root. Doing the same trying
> >to
> >read the mail for root.
> >Is there some "extra" security arount the root account that prevents you loggi
> >ng
> >in remotely and if
> >so, how do I disable it (in a very very secure fashion)?
> >
> >TIA.
> >
> >Mark W.
>
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