Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2004 22:52:07 -0500 From: "JJB" <Barbish3@adelphia.net> To: "Malcolm Kay" <malcolm.kay@internode.on.net>, <darryl@osborne-ind.com>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: 5.1 & telnet Message-ID: <MIEPLLIBMLEEABPDBIEGOEONFJAA.Barbish3@adelphia.net> In-Reply-To: <200402071410.51585.malcolm.kay@internode.on.net>
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To be more clear on that last comment, you can not use 'root' from the remote telnet, or ssh client as the login id on the gateway. -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Malcolm Kay Sent: Friday, February 06, 2004 10:41 PM To: darryl@osborne-ind.com; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 5.1 & telnet On Sat, 7 Feb 2004 02:40, Darryl Hoar wrote: > Greetings, > I have tried to get putty configured to access my 5.1 release box using > SSH. No joy, and I'm quite tired of trying. > > I tried to enable telnet on my 5.1 box. Uncommented inetd.conf line, and > verified that the services line was in place. I tried to connect to the > box > with telnet and got a connection refused. Even rebooted the box with the > same result. > > I am accessing this box on my internal network, and my firewall blocks > the telnet port, so I'm not worried about outside access. So, telnet will > get me by for now. > > Any ideas what's wrong ? > You do realise that both ssh and telnet connections targeting 'root' are refused by default? Malcolm _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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