[CLUE-Tech] remote login or telnet as root

[Brandon N]

--- "Jeffery C. Cann" <jccann at home.com> wrote:
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> Jason,
> 
> You cannot (as a matter of security) telnet to any Linux box and
> login as 
> root.  You can telnet as another user and then $ su - root to change
> to the 
> 'root' superuser.
> 
> BTW - Consider using ssh rather than telnet because telnet passwords
> are 
> cleartext and easy to sniff (if you are worried about your linux box
> being 
> compromised)

Shouldn't doesn't mean you can't.  I believe in Linux what tty's you
can login in as root with is controlled by /etc/securetty, in Solaris
it's /etc/default/login.  If you're going through an uncontrolled
networks, definatly use ssh.   

On a side note, is there a secure way to do ftp?

Brandon

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