ROOT cann't able to telnet , ftp

[dhamodharan_1]

Hi team,

Iam using RHEL4 , I have enabled the telnet and ftp services , but I cann't able to do telnet login and ftp login , What changes i have to made to access it.

Thanks

[cedber]

xinetd ?

[Bill Thorsteinson · Accepted solution]

Root should not be able to telnet or ftp.
Root access is typically disabled for
security reasons.

Use ssh, scp, and sftp for root access
if needed.

Install and configure sudo to allow
admin user to connect using their ids
and switch to root access when required.

[Ivan Ferreira]

This is normal, by default, root cannot do ftp or telnet.

Use ssh to access as root, yet is not recommended.

Use scp to transfer the files. Or change the /etc/vsftpd/ftpusers or /etc/vsftpd/user_list to enable ftp access for root.

[Vitaly Karasik_1]

if you really want to enable telnet for root, change /etc/securetty file by adding

pts/0
pts/1
pts/2


As far as I remember, deleting /etc/securetty will work too.

Rgds,
Vitaly

[Sung Oh]

Hello,

you can create a user otherthen root on your server and use new user's login to telnet into the server and change user to root. Or, just use SSH for root login to your server.

Sung

[SJO EGGER]

comment out this line in /etc/pam.d/login like this:

#auth required pam_securetty.so