Unable to logon as root from remote client

Glenn Burkhardt gbburkhardt at aaahawk.com
Thu May 1 17:11:43 EDT 2003


- Please, for the initial message, don't use 'Re:' for the subject

- You didn't mention which method you're trying to use for remote access

	- rsh, rexec:  The controlling file is /etc/securetty.  Contrary to the
		       documentation, the source code requires an entry of 'tty'
	- ssh:  The controlling file is /etc/ssh/sshd-config, and the entry
	          "PermitRootLogin yes"

Both are security holes, but some distributions leave root access by ssh on 
by default.



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