On Fri, 11 Aug 2000, Herman Knief wrote:
If you use SSH, you can do this without overly compromising security (or modifying securetty.)
That's sound advise... I would even add that you should comment out telnet services from /etc/inetd.conf (ie, use only ssh). Alvaro Novo SuSE 6.3 Kernel 2.2.13 KDE 1.1.2
- Herman
On Fri, 11 Aug 2000, Chuck Carson wrote:
->> ->>I want to enable root logins from anywhere. (I know, this is bad, but this ->>is a machine that I care little about, just want to use it to house stuff I ->>need when I am in the field) ->> ->>In the past, I forget now, but I used to add entries to /etc/securetty other ->>than tty[0-9]. I know I can simply remove this file to accomplish what I ->>want but what can I add to this file to allow just 1 remote root login at a ->>time? ->> ->>Thanks Greatly, ->>-Chuck ->> ->> ->>Chuck Carson Sr. Systems Engineer ->>858.720.5040 ccarson@Change.COM ->> ->> <<...>> ->> ->> ->>-- ->>To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com ->>For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com ->>Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/support/faq ->>
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