Configuring Telnet/FTP on Solaris

Configuring Telnet/FTP to login as root in Solaris

Make sure that you NEVER configure your production servers for this type of login because its bad security practice:

Configure Telnet for root logins
Simply edit the file /etc/default/login and comment out the following line as follows: # If CONSOLE is set, root can only login on that device.
# Comment this line out to allow remote login by root.
#
# CONSOLE=/dev/console

Configure FTP for root logins
First remove the 'root' line from /etc/ftpd/ftpusers.
Also, don't forget to edit the file /etc/ftpd/ftpaccess and comment out the 'deny-uid' and 'deny-gid' lines. If the file doesn't exist, there is no need to create it.

Have a nice day!