Allowing remote root login

[michael.odonnell at comcast.net]

>Use the following procedure to enable them.
>
>1.  Add rlogin and rsh to /etc/securetty:
># echo rlogin >> /etc/securetty
># echo rsh >> /etc/securetty


That securetty file is only intended to be a list of
devices from which secure logins are allowed, so I think
it's likely that step #1 of your instructions is incorrect
since rlogin and ssh are services rather than devices.


>2.  Modify xinetd's configuration files /etc/xinetd.d/rlogin and
>/etc/xinetd.d/rsh.  Change the line from
>        disable                = yes
>to
>        disable                = no
>
>3) Restart xinetd.


I believe your steps #2 and #3 are more likely to have
been what did the trick.


>
>4) When done with software install, reverse process ands use ssh.
>
>This is our /etc/securetty did not find this documented anywhere.


Most distributions that I've used have had a man page for securetty.