how to enable the root in telnet

[kylin]

thank u for your advise! but now i am in a very save local network
,and the su return sorry  in my telnet,
so is that mean i have to go to ssh? or can i chage some file to enable it 
thank u and best wishes

On 4/24/05, Roland Smith <rsmith at xs4all.nl> wrote:
> 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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