Telnet "root login refused on this terminal" error

[Manuel G]

Hi all:

We can??t telnet from a PC into a system.

Error message is: "root login refused on this terminal".

Can anyone help?

Thanks.

[U.SivaKumar_2]

hi,
do this from console.
#mv /etc/securetty /etc/sec.old

regards,
U.SivaKumar

[Michael Tully]

Check to see if your /var/adm/inetd.sec file has any limitations for a particular subnet.

Logging in as root other than from the console is a security hazard anyway. you should login as your own userid and where possible use 'sudo' to create or make changes as 'root'. Also check the /etc/securetty file.

[Darren Prior]

Hi,

If the system is trusted, then check to see if /tcb/files/devassign has been setup to only allow certain accounts on a given port.

Otherwise - do you have any 3rd party security products as the error message you quote is different to what I'd expect if you had a securetty in place.

regards,

Darren.

[Ravi_8]

Hi,

console entry will be made in /etc/securetty file, which allows root login only on console not from anywhere else.
So #rm /etc/securetty
will work.