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Re: Remote Access of Root



On Wed, 5 Jul 2000, Richard Fiedler wrote:

> I have Mandrake 7.1 up and running and for maintenance purposes I want to
> log on remotely as root for telnet and ftp from another system.
> 
> Right now this seems to be defeated by the system. Can I change this?

I do hope this is for home use and not in an office environment. either
way it's a bad practice. I sugest some book on system administration
bent on security for a read.

(ssh is not a bad idea to start, as some recommended)

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