Date: Thu, 25 Jun 1998 00:24:31 -0400 (EDT) From: CyberPeasant <djv@bedford.net> To: simple@gte.net Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: All Wierd and Pissed Off... Message-ID: <199806250424.AAA05682@lucy.bedford.net> In-Reply-To: <35919DB2.50AE@gte.net> from simple at "Jun 24, 98 08:45:38 pm"
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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. *kiss* > 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. Get yourself into the "wheel" group, and use su -l > 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. cat /etc/passwd Anybody can do it. If you need to keep track, keep a baseline copy, then do a diff against the current one. I think the daily security report will do this, too. > With FTP access built into FreeBSD, is it possible to limit the person > to only the FTP directory and sub-directories beneath that? Yeah, but i'm too lazy to look it up. (I don't do it, so it'd be better for you to look it up than get it second hand from me.) Dave -- http://www.microsoft.com/security: `Microsoft Windows NT Server is the most secure network operating system available.' Don Quixote: `You are mistaken, Sancho.' To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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