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Re: Root Remote Login
Alex Rier wrote:
> Most of the Unixes allow to allow remote login
> as root in /etc/login.defs .
> That's not so in RedHat 6.X, SuSE 6.X .
> So how can I allow the remote login as root to those
> systems anyway?
> PAM?
Why? To allow remote logon of root is to ask for trouble. Why not just
su when needed. Or if you want to "do it right" install sudo.
Geoff.
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