SYS_ROOT_LOGIN_REMOTE vs. ROOT_LOGIN_REMOTE

From: Donnelly, John (John.Donnelly_at_compaq.com)
Date: Fri Oct 12 2001 - 22:10:28 CEST 

Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2001 15:10:28 -0500
Message-ID: <72A87F7160C0994D8C5A36E2FDC227F54CD785@txnexc01.americas.cpqcorp.net>
From: "Donnelly, John" <John.Donnelly@compaq.com>
Subject:  SYS_ROOT_LOGIN_REMOTE  vs.  ROOT_LOGIN_REMOTE

Hi,

 Supposing, setting SYS_ROOT_LOGIN_REMOTE to 'yes' in
 the template/sys.tcf or in the file in info/<hostname>/info
 allows root login via network.

  I can see that in the info file that eventually gets placed
  on the floppy image contains :

  RC_CONFIG_0 SYS_ROOT_LOGIN_REMOTE yes

 and the resulting /etc/rc.config file on the new system
 has " SYS_ROOT_LOGIN_REMOTE=yes " appended to it, but
 the real parameter "ROOT_LOGIN_REMOTE"
 is still set to 'no' so root login is not allowed
 until the variable is set to 'yes' and the
  /sbin/SuSEconfig command is ran.

 So : 1. What is the real purpose of SYS_ROOT_LOGIN_REMOTE ?
         2. On other Linux systems, I don't recall having to run a
             configuration utility when I change particularly the LOGIN
variable.
             Is there some underlying reason SuSEconf exists ?

             ( there is no man page for suseconfig ).

      Just curious and trying to understand this ..

Thanks . Have a good weekend.
Jd

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