"Ertugrul Soeylemez" <never@drwxr-xr-x.org> wrote in message
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> "Ecresa" <Ecresa_junkmail@hotmail.com> (06-04-05 21:22:52):
>
> > Hello, I am wanting to enable root to be able to establish a telnet,
> > ftp, and pop3 sessions.
>
> <joke> This is bad! ;) </joke>
>
>
> > I've been up and down everywhere, RTFM'ing, but still can't pinpoint
> > exactly what is blocking this. Starting to think that maybe there is
> > some flag to pass while compiling these programs, or a line in the
> > source that needs to be commented out?
>
> Now, to be serious, if you are really going to do this, and you are
> completely aware that you are doing sin here, then it would be very
> helpful, if you told us, which server/client programs you use and which
> concrete error message you get, when you try to connect as root.
>

Hi,

Thanks for taking helpful interest. Some people would think the world is
going to end if two simple old P2's, connected directly to one another, no
where near near the internet or a LAN touching the internet, in a private
home, is going to end if you are able to telnet between the two as root.
You would think, in gaining further knowledge of security alone, one would
take an active interest in what exactly is preventing this instead of just
chalking it up as just a "black magical box".

All clients were able to connect, but wouldn't get authorization for a valid
root/pass.

Anyway, I finally found how to get it working; greping the /var/log's for
failed outside authentications from root and then modifying /etc/securetty
to permit those respective tty's.

Thanks..