Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2000 14:29:34 -0700 (PDT) From: "tjk@tksoft.com" <tjk@tksoft.com> To: craig@allmaui.com (Craig Cowen) Cc: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: [Fwd: telnet problems] Message-ID: <200004202129.OAA07149@uno.tksoft.com> In-Reply-To: <38FF7335.29A8B158@allmaui.com> from "Craig Cowen" at Apr 20, 0 02:14:30 pm
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Craig, On FreeBSD, you have des or md5. They behave the same in this case, though. Your /etc/pam.conf file tells you how your logins are authenticated. I would just keep going through the options until you find the fix. Troy > > "tjk@tksoft.com" wrote: > > > Craig, > > > > I would look into what kind of authentication is used. > > Do yyou use pam? Is local /etc/passwd file the first > > one looked up, or is a networked db used? > > See /etc/pam.conf, /etc/nsswitch.conf. > > > > Troy > > > > > > > > Thank you for your help but let me clarify the problem. > > > > > > I sit down in front of machineA a.k.a. 192.168.1.1 > > > then I loging in and telnet to machineA a.k.a. 192.168.1.1 > > > it allows me to give it my username and pass and then hangs. > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Craig > > > > > > > > > > > I am not using nis however a good idea thank you. > I should be using des for authentication, correct? I wonder if I > installed something else. How would I check? > To all reading this, I am at work and will try your suggestions when I > get home so please keep them coming. > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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