Re: remote login to root

[Bruce Damkoehler <bfdamkoehler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jamie McCarthy wrote:

> john@emario.com (John M. Mario) writes:
>
> > 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?

So I am curious, how is typing in "su" and a password less secure than
logging in directly?  I will grant you that you need to know two logins,
but the passwords are still going across the net in cleartext.

By the way, the answer to your questions is that the file /etc/securetty
contains a list of ttys that permit a root login. What you do with the
knowledge is up to you.