And then spake John Ostrowick as follows:
> 
> why can't i telnet in as root?
> 

Simply too big a potential security hole. You shouldn't 
be logging in as root anyway, you should be using su.

-Brian

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Brian R. Gaeke <brg@laird.ccds.cincinnati.oh.us> - Ask me for my PGP public key!
"If I were a blue spider, I would certainly ride on a train all the way from
Avallon to Paris, and I would set up my house on the nose of a chocolate
penguin. It's just a matter of common sense." James Wright, "Against Surrealism"