Telnet root login

[Maxim Sobolev]

Julian Elischer wrote:
>> Then use ssh and set "PermitRootLogin yes" in /etc/ssh/sshd_config
> 
> this doesn't work if you are usinf a set of machines run from a central 
> machine using nc (netcat) to do scripted i/o through a telnet session on 
> the other machines (for example).
> 
> The advantage of telnet is you can pipe nc straight into it.

Dude, ssh with password-less master key on client and correct 
certificate on server in ~/authorized_keys2 is your friend. You can pipe 
right to ssh in scripts just fine and it's all nice and secure. You can 
also do other interesting things with port forwarding over ssl link.

-Maxim