Hello

I want to enable root login to linux boxes in my local computers. Would someone please tell me how can I do this?

By the way I know about "su , su -" and everything about them.
I mean enabling root access by modifying security files etc.

And I know about risk, ...

Just want to have real root access to my loca linux server from my local windows.

Mac

man login, look for /etc/securetty, add devices /dev/pts/{0,1,2} etc.

Ok, so you know this is a bad idea. If your Linux server is connected to the net, and someone is able to put a sniffer on your box you're basically fscked. Read man login, look for /etc/securetty, for devices add the pseudoterms under /dev/pts/ .

Danke !

but sniffing the network would require root acess or a high level user acess to the machine correct? or root acess on the windows box...

cacheflow: ()require root acess or a high level user acess () or root acess on the windows box...

Ok, so how would a cracker get access to a box that runs some unprotected and vulnerable version of any lpd/BIND/sendmail/RPC daemon, or tru a user account with access to, say, a vulnerable version of any SUID app, old version of man, cdrdao, sudo+postfix, etc, etc?.. Hmm, then there's the concept of "trusted relationships", for example something like the old fetchmail bug shows. This way a cracker would try to break another box, which in turn would allow for to try and gain access to the "target". Never seen the "default password lists" for targets like Cayman's, Bay Netw. ASN/ARN, Cisco's, Flowpoint DSL routers, As/400's, RS/6000's, etc, etc?
*Btw, Im not propagating malicious activity here, just showing there's lotsa possibilities for ppl with too much time on their hands out there. Ofcourse there's lotsa fixes as well, some ppl just forget to implement 'em :-[

And unless you're running NT4/W2K/XP you're always "root" on a Wintendo box, and Im not going into breaking NT4/W2K/XP, its been in the news for about, what, 6yrs now :-]

thanq for clearing that up for me =]