Date: Fri, 20 Jan 1995 10:18:51 +0100 (MET) From: Christoph Kukulies <kuku@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de> To: porter@fozzie.chem.wisc.edu (Ron Porter) Cc: freebsd-questions@freefall.cdrom.com (user alias) Subject: Re: refused telnet connections Message-ID: <199501200918.KAA06133@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de> In-Reply-To: <9501192143.AA00621@fozzie.chem.wisc.edu> from "Ron Porter" at Jan 19, 95 03:43:53 pm
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> > Hello, > I've got my FreeBSD1.1.5.1 machine so it will now respond > to my telnet attempts from another computer. The problem is > that it will not allow me to login, even as root. > It just kkeps saying "login refused on this terminal". > do i need to add telnet users to some group or somthing? > Thanks, Ron You must declare pseudoterminals in /etc/ttys as secure: ttyp0 none network secure ttyp1 none network secure etc.. etc.. Normally you can do this on the fly. Edit /etc/ttys accordingly and kill -HUP 1 (send init a hangup signal, then it will reread /etc/ttys) This may be insecure in a large network. The prefered method is to create a user, add it to the group wheel and then login and do > -- > [-Ron Porter-----------] > [-Univ. Of Wisconsin---] > [-Chemistry Dept.------] > [-Madison, Wi 53706----] > [-608-262-0190---------] > [-porter@chem.wisc.edu-] > --Chris Christoph P. U. Kukulies kuku@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de FreeBSD blues 2.1.0-Development FreeBSD 2.1.0-Development #1: Wed Jan 18 10:42:31 1995 kuku@blues:/usr/src/sys/compile/BLUES i386
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