Disable root login in telnet

[rana sarkar]

How to Disable root login in telnet

[Ganesan R]

Hi Rana,

Your /etc/securetty file should contain this line.

# cat /etc/securetty
console
#

[Md. Farhan A Azam]

Hi,

#vi /etc/securetty
(add console in securetty file)

After this root will not be able to login directly through telnet.

Thnx...Farhan

[Ganesan R]

Hi,

Take some time to assign points for those who spent time to assist you.

I have assigned points to 4 of 30 responses to my questions.

[Bijeesh]

edit /etc/security
put entry 'console'

[Bijeesh]

sorry...
file name is /etc/securetty

[Taifur]

Hi Rana,

For disable root login in telnet, create a file called /etc/securetty with the following content:

# vi /etc/securetty
console

:x
then save and check the issue.

Rgds//
Taifur

[Md. Farhan A Azam]

Hi,

Ganesan R have given a right suggestion..
First check the posted suggesstion helped you to resolve your query, then assign the points.

Thnx...Farhan

[Torsten.]

For security reasons, I would consider to disable telnet totally and use ssh instead.

[Mark McDonald_2]

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