how can I su as root over telnet or ssh?

Jeff Cross jeff.cross at averageadmins.com
Sun Sep 3 18:33:20 PDT 2006


armstrong adam wrote:
> hello every one!
> 
>    I have just installed FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE,but I cannot su as root by
> telnet or ssh,why this happen? FreeBSD is really safe maybe, How can I
> su as root from remote?
> thanks!!
> 
> 
>                 best regards!!
> 
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Is the user you are logging on as in the wheel group?  I believe it has
to be before you can su to root.

Jeff Cross
http://www.averageadmins.com/


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