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From: campbell@maynard.UUCP (Larry Campbell)
Newsgroups: net.unix
Subject: Re: Slaying Gould dragon with a wooden (really logging in as root)
Message-ID: <407@maynard.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 5-Nov-86 07:58:39 EST
Article-I.D.: maynard.407
Posted: Wed Nov  5 07:58:39 1986
Date-Received: Wed, 5-Nov-86 22:17:54 EST
References: <161@unisec.UUCP> <3800016@snail>
Reply-To: campbell@maynard.UUCP (Larry Campbell)
Organization: The Boston Software Works Inc., Maynard, MA
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Keywords: root console SysV

In article <3800016@snail> carroll@snail.CS.UIUC.EDU writes:

>What about 3b2's, where you HAVE to be at console to login as root?

I suspect this is true of any System V system;  I know it is true
of Microport UNIX (a sanctioned System V port for the PC/AT).  I complained
to Microport about it and they said "That's the way it came from AT&T".

You can still log in as yourself and then su.
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