Date: Wed, 24 Jun 1998 22:21:15 -0400 (EDT) From: "Joe \"Marcus\" Clarke" <marcus@miami.edu> To: simple <simple@gte.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: All Wierd and Pissed Off... Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.3.96.980624221749.19122A-100000@jaguar.ir.miami.edu> In-Reply-To: <35919DB2.50AE@gte.net>
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On Wed, 24 Jun 1998, simple wrote: > Okay, I'm pretty new to FreeBSD (Unix) in general. I need to have root > access to my server from a telnet session because I am not always in > front of the computer, but, well, I think I've found a new love... I > think everyone on this list will understand this love. Understood. > > When I try to login to my server as root, it tells me that the login is > incorrect. I've also tried to login as a normal user and then rlogin as > root (this works for Red Hat 5.1). I've double and triple checked the > password I'm typing in is correct. Telnet to the machine, and login as yourself. Then type ``su''. This will prompt you for root's password. Once you successfully enter it, you will be root. This "no telnet to machine as root" is a good security precaution...one that RedHat should use. > > Now, secondly, like I said I'm new to this stuff. > > Is there a way to list all of the user accounts that have been created. > > With FTP access built into FreeBSD, is it possible to limit the person > to only the FTP directory and sub-directories beneath that? Check out the wu-ftpd port in /usr/ports/net. This ftp server is quite powerful, and can be configured to do what you want. > > And lastly, I installed one of the POP3 e-mail servers in the ports > section c-something, I don't know. What is the generally used e-mail > package used for POP3 stuff? I've tried to send e-mail to it using the > ip-number (because I don't have a domain registered) and it didn't > work. Is there something I have to do on the FreeBSD end of it, or do I > merely need a domain name? and if I need a domain name, will the > whatever.home.ml.org (ml.org) domains work? > I have used qpopper and wu-imapd (the pop daemon only). Both worked well, and both have their drawbacks. I guess it's up to you. > -Happy Man > -Douglas L. Setzer, II > Computer Creations Joe Clarke > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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