how to enable the root in telnet

[Roland Smith]

On Sun, Apr 24, 2005 at 06:09:38PM +0800, kylin wrote:
> i find it difficult to use root account when i telnet to freebsd 5.3
> release , anything need to change?

You're not supposed to log in as root over telnet. It would expose the root
password to anybody intercepting your IP traffic.

It would be advisable to log in as a normal user via ssh (secure shell)
and then su to root. Even if your ssh keys were compromised, an attacker
would only gain access as a normal user. And since all communications
are encrypted, it would be hard for an listener to get the root password.

Roland
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