Linux on PowerPC FAQ-O-Matic : System Configuration : Networking :
I can't telnet in to my own machine as root
> mac using telnet as a user and I can 'su' to root privileges but if I try
> to login as root from the login: prompt I get "Login incorrect"
You shouldn't telnet as root ANYWAY (but yeah, the default is to disallow this in MOST if not all flavors of unix -- it's a feature of Rhapsody too).
You can always ssh as root though. :) ssh is *far* preferable as it is more secure.
Deirdre Saoirse <deirdres@eni.net>
hollis@andrew.cmu.edu
IP Masquerading (NAT) setup under Linux/ppc (Linux-pmac)