[ale] Telnet for Root

[reeves at earthling.net (J. Reeves Hall)]

Malcolm Silberman wrote:

> Any idea why I can't trelnet into my server as root. Shadow passwords
> are on. I can telnet as any other user. Thiught it may be the client
> (standard win98 telnet application), but then why can I access through
> my other users. Sounds like I am doing something stupid!

Telnetting into your server as root IS stupid :)
Just log in as a user and use the su -l command to become root.
But remember that telnt transfers everything in plaintext; it's really
easy to sniff passwords off the network! That's why I use ssh whenever
possible.

Blake, did you get my email about ALS volunteering?

-Reeves

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