Re: Remote Administration Problem

From: Peter Risdon (peter_at_circlesquared.com)
Date: 03/26/04

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    Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2004 09:03:02 +0000
To: Hamed Abangar <h_abangar@yahoo.com>

    Peter Risdon wrote:

    > Hamed Abangar wrote:
    >
    >> i can't login to my server with root account from my home or every
    >> other where.
    >>
    >
    > Remote root logins are disabled by default. This is probably the best
    > way to leave things. You can log in as a user then su to root, use
    > sudo or whatever.

    I should have mentioned, the user must be in the wheel group to be
    allowed to su to root.

    PWR.

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