Root logins from other terminals

2007-12-25 10:11:00

     Original question was:

     

     When I installed 2.5.1 on my systems, towards the end of the install I

     remember a statement about editing a file to enable/disable root

     logins from other terminals, which I preceded to do. Did I imagine

     this or what?

     

     

     I had remembered the answer after I posted the question. Like I said

     brain fart on my part. Answers were all the same from everybody and

     their brother and were:

     

     the file to edit is: /etc/default/login

     line to comment/uncomment is: CONSOLE=/dev/console

     

     

     Thanx to everybody for the responses, inc. some wise asses!!!

     Additional kudos to those who took time to expand on the answer,

     including such subjects as security issues etc. However, like I said

     this was a brain fart -- at that moment in time I just couldn't

     remember the filename. Sorry I took the easy way out and hit the

     mailing list, but it got me a speedy response.

     

     Dave Merritt

     

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