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Re: [TCLUG:20646] Root login
On Fri, 25 Aug 2000, Troy Schmidt wrote:
> Great information as a newbie studing Linux I did not understand why I could
> not telnet in as root either, I tried Chad's suggestion and got right in.
As everyone else has already said..
telnet as root is bad!
(1) don't use telnet (at least, without ssl)
(2) log in as a user and su to root!
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