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Conference turris::digital_unix

Title:DIGITAL UNIX(FORMERLY KNOWN AS DEC OSF/1)
Notice:Welcome to the Digital UNIX Conference
Moderator:SMURF::DENHAM
Created:Thu Mar 16 1995
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:10068
Total number of notes:35879

9880.0. "to login as root using a X-terminal" by HYDRA::LNARAYAN () Mon May 19 1997 15:47

    Hello
    
    How do I give permission to login (as root) to a box running Digital 
    UNIX V4.0, using a X-terminal. Is is not allowed by default?
    
    Thanks In Advance for help.
    Lakshminarayan
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9880.1Read /etc/securettysR2ME2::SIMONSAl Simons 381-2187Mon May 19 1997 16:024
    Read the comments in /etc/securettys about ptys...
    
    -Al
9880.2/etc/securettys is updated with X-terminal node name\HYDRA::LNARAYANMon May 19 1997 17:1810
    Al
    
    I tried entering the node name, even the IP address in the
    /etc/securettys. Still it is not allowing root login. This
    is true for V4.0, But with DU V3.2c it works!
    
    Any ideas?
    
    Thanks for the reply
    Lakshminarayan