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by **mags dohen** » Tue, 20 Jun 2000 04:00:00

Could someone tell me how to login to a Solaris machine as root using
telnet; i.e. how to get rid of the 'Not on system console' message which

prevents me from doing so?

thx,
mags/

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by **Christian Eriksso** » Tue, 20 Jun 2000 04:00:00

Hi!

Maybe you already know this but if you have access to another user
account on the machine there is a workaround. Log in to the other
account and then "su" to root

Either
# su root
(without executing root's initialization files)
or
# su - root
(executing root's initialization files)

and now you are root.

/Christian.

> Could someone tell me how to login to a Solaris machine as root using
> telnet; i.e. how to get rid of the 'Not on system console' message which

> prevents me from doing so?

> thx,
> mags/

by **Allen Hubbl** » Tue, 20 Jun 2000 04:00:00

> Could someone tell me how to login to a Solaris machine as root using
> telnet; i.e. how to get rid of the 'Not on system console' message which

> prevents me from doing so?

> thx,
> mags/

Try 'man securetty'.

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by **bmar..** » Tue, 20 Jun 2000 04:00:00

>Could someone tell me how to login to a Solaris machine as root
>using telnet; i.e. how to get rid of the 'Not on system console'
>message which
>prevents me from doing so?
Some versions of Unix have a file called /etc/securetty which lists the
terminals from which root login is allowed. It's generally considered
safer to login as a regular user and then su to root.

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by **Rei** » Wed, 21 Jun 2000 04:00:00

Modify your /etc/default/login file and comment out the line that says
CONSOLE=/dev/console or similar.

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>Could someone tell me how to login to a Solaris machine as root using
>telnet; i.e. how to get rid of the 'Not on system console' message which

>prevents me from doing so?

>thx,
>mags/
>SNIP

by **Nick Bisho** » Wed, 21 Jun 2000 04:00:00

> Could someone tell me how to login to a Solaris machine as root using
> telnet; i.e. how to get rid of the 'Not on system console' message which

> prevents me from doing so?

> thx,
> mags/

You've already got some good answers. My point is get into the habit of
typing
/bin/su
always. It stops people hacking your own account and putting a rogue su
on the system (unless they actually put it in /bin which is unlikely)

Referring to Christian Eriksson's answer, it would become
/bin/su root
or
/bin/su - root

HINT: to force the habit, put this alias in your accounts
alias su='echo "Not using a path will bite you one day"; : '

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by **nob..** » Wed, 21 Jun 2000 04:00:00

> My point is get into the habit of
> typing
> /bin/su
> always. It stops people hacking your own account and putting a rogue su
> on the system (unless they actually put it in /bin which is unlikely)
> HINT: to force the habit, put this alias in your accounts
> alias su='echo "Not using a path will bite you one day"; : '

Which, of course, alerts the cracker to the fact that you always type
/bin/su so next week they come back with a rogue shell and hide an
exec somewhere in your .login (or whatever).

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by **loriwilliam** » Tue, 27 Jun 2000 04:00:00

in your /etc/default directory there is a file called login.
vi that file.
there will be an entry with CONSOLE=/dev/console
put a # infront of that.
#CONSOLE=/dev/console
save the file and quit from it.
Now when you telnet you will be able to login as root using telnet, not
having to
login as a user then suing to root.

Quote:> Could someone tell me how to login to a Solaris machine as root using
> telnet; i.e. how to get rid of the 'Not on system console' message which

> prevents me from doing so?

> thx,
> mags/

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