Remote Telnet As "root" into SLES 10 system

[xunil321]

Although the /etc/securetty file contains entries like pts/0...pts/24
it is not possible to (remote) telnet as root to a SLES10 SP1 system.
The /var/log/messages tells this:

pam_securetty(login:auth):access denied: tty 'pts/0' is not secure !

Normal users are able to remote login and the firewall is off.

Many thanks for all hints!

RainerB.

[daark.child]

For security reasons logging into a remote system directly as root is disabled on most modern Unix/Linux systems. In the case of telnet, logging in directly as root can be dangerous because telnet sends passwords in cleartext so someone can intercept them. You should login as a normal user and then switch to root using su. Better still, try to avoid telnet and use SSH instead because it uses encryption.

[xunil321]

@daark.child:
You are right with ssh but nevertheless I'm interested in the solution.
By the way I have here an other SLES 10 system where you can telnet
into as root. But I do not find the difference between the 2 systems here.