On Fri, 25 Aug 2000, Troy Schmidt wrote: > Great information as a newbie studing Linux I did not understand why I could > not telnet in as root either, I tried Chad's suggestion and got right in. As everyone else has already said.. telnet as root is bad! (1) don't use telnet (at least, without ssl) (2) log in as a user and su to root! -- Nate Carlson <natecars at real-time.com> | Phone : (952)943-8700 http://www.real-time.com | Fax : (952)943-8500 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org