Messages in this thread |  | | From | Martin Mares <> | Subject | Re: .rhosts for root user | Date | Mon, 29 Jul 1996 13:01:53 +0200 (MET DST) |
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Hi,
> I'm not in able to rlogin a remote linux from root account even if I include > the hostnames in the .rhosts file. > > With a normal user there is No Problem. > > Can anybody tell me if there is a configuration parameter that I have to > change ?
AFAIK the rlogin protocol is considered insecure and thus some version of the rlogin daemon don't allow root logins at all. Another possibility is that you don't have /dev/ttyp* in you /etc/securetty. I recommed switching to ssh/slogin.
Martin
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