Allowing remote root login

[Jerry Feldman]

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On Mon, 13 Oct 2003 15:58:45 -0400
Dan Coutu <coutu at snowy-owl.com> wrote:

> First of all, I know this isn't a great idea, but it is required
> by a specific scenario. Here's the situation:
> 
> Got a RedHat 9 system that I need to allow remote telnet logins
> to root from the LAN. I had thought that an entry in
> /etc/security/access.conf would do the trick but it didn't. I also
> went to /etc/xinetd.d and edited the telnet file to enable telnet.
> Still no joy.
> 
> I must be missing something else but don't know what. A search of
> the mail archives turned up nothing. Ideas?
Dan,
WRT: The other posts, have you been able to allow for non-root logins
over telnet. Then, once logged in, then use su, sudo or sux to become
root. 

You may need to add /dev/pts to /etc/securetty. 
But, I think you are opening up a can of worms. 

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Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org>
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