Problem with SU utility!!!

Beheer beheer at radecom.nl
Wed Apr 7 03:33:08 PDT 2004


 > I can enter as root from console. But i can't enter as root, from ssh.
 > I have to enter as some user from whell then SU and etc...

Don't login as root over a remote conection (ssh). It's disabled by 
default. The proper way is to login as a user who is in the wheel group 
and then su to root. It's also better to do this even at the local console.

By default, no remote terminals are marked "secure" and thus are
denied root login access.  Why?  Because they're not secure!

To disable this security feature, go to /etc/ttys and mark the
appropriate terminals 'secure.' But I would not recommend it.


Richard.

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