Q. How do I telnet as the root user?
A. This is really a bad idea as telnet is insecure, because passwords are sent as clear text format. Instead, you should use SSH for connections. I suggest that you use SSH to connect to a system instead of Telnet for security purposes. By default, for security purposes, the root user can not telnet. However, here is method in case you need root access via telnet:
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Edit /etc/pam.d/login and /etc/pam.d/remote files using a text editor such as vi. Find the line that read as follows:
auth required pam_securetty.so
Comment it out by prefixing # symbol:
#auth required pam_securetty.so
Save and close the file. Now, you should be able to telnet to your system as the root user.
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This won’t work in Ubuntu from at least Dapper. As inetd is not installed by default you will also need to install the netkit-inetd package.
Hi,
telnet is just fine for the home user behind a wireless router and cable modem using private IPs. Learning how to setup and use telnet is a fine first step to Linux expertise. Implementing it helps build skills on the console and confidence in the ability to configure a system. Most newbies will later go on to ssh.
And just think it all first began with telnet…
Cheers,
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I tried doing the above process but was not able to login using telnet.
i am using CentOS
Is there anything i am missing?
for ubuntu 11.10
auth [success=ok new_authtok_reqd=ok ignore=ignore user_unknown=bad default=die] pam_securetty.so
commit this line
#auth [success=ok new_authtok_reqd=ok ignore=ignore user_unknown=bad default=die] pam_securetty.so
its works also if we made changes in /etc/pam.d/remote only :)
It is very nicely work in centos 6.3
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