Re: remote login to root

[Pruden <cdpruden@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

This is normal.  You really should keep it that way, just create a
normal user account, login as that, and then use su (or sudo, if it's
installed) to become root, and then do your thing.
I believe it is ususally a file named securetty that contains what ways
root can log in.

On Tue, 09 May 2000, John M. Mario wrote:

> Please excuse the newbie question.  This is my third day playing with
> linux.  When I telnet to my linux server, I am not able to login as
> root.
> Is this a security feature?  How do I enable root to login remotely?
> 
> Thanks is advance!
> 
> John Mario
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