Re: Password in LINUX

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From: Steve Kang
Date: Sun, 02 Apr 2000 00:00

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This is the security feature of Linux/Unix.

You are not allowed to telnet as root user.

Do not even do su, unless you have a secure link.

This is for your system's safty!

Steve

Jos� Jim�nez Calero wrote:

> One question about LINUX.
>
> We have a LINUX server where some users are connected to this. When we
> try to log as root user from a computer different from the server we get
> the message: Invalid Password, so we have to logg from another user and
> then to log as root user by the command `su`. Whereas if we log as user
> root from the server we are able to logg on the system.
>
> Does anybody know which is the problem that causes this?
>
> Or in the other way, I would like to know if this is normal.
>
> Regards,
>
> --
>  JOS� JIM�NEZ CALERO
> LISEC SOFTWARE GMBH SUCURSAL EN ESPA�A
>    e-mail: jose.jimenez@lisec.com

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