Date: Fri, 5 Dec 1997 14:35:00 -0600 (CST) From: Jim Bryant <jbryant@unix.tfs.net> To: ircadmin@shellnet.co.uk Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Telnet Root access Message-ID: <199712052035.OAA00812@unix.tfs.net> In-Reply-To: <01bd01aa$f4f35de0$09d181c2@user2.shellnet.co.uk> from Steven Fletcher at "Dec 5, 97 06:24:00 pm"
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In reply: > I've just installed FreeBSD 2.2.5 via FTP, and I can telnet into the machine > using any other user than root. The prompt simply says that the login fails, > but any other users is OK. I've check capitalisation, but I'm not sure why > this is happening. > > If anyone has any ideas, please reply > > Thanks. > Steven Fletcher > steven@shellnet.co.uk ahem... why would one wish to have the root password pass over an insecure network in plaintext form??? man su also, for most practical purposes, you should not even be using telnet... i suggest using ssh/sshd, because no passwords, in fact nothing in the entire session, is transmitted in plaintext. jim -- All opinions expressed are mine, if you | "I will not be pushed, stamped, think otherwise, then go jump into turbid | briefed, debriefed, indexed, or radioactive waters and yell WAHOO !!! | numbered!" - #1, "The Prisoner" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Inet: jbryant@tfs.net AX.25: kc5vdj@wv0t.#neks.ks.usa.noam grid: EM28pw voice: KC5VDJ - 6 & 2 Meters AM/FM/SSB, 70cm FM. http://www.tfs.net/~jbryant ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ HF/6M/2M: IC-706-MkII, 2M: HTX-212, 2M: HTX-202, 70cm: HTX-404, Packet: KPC-3+
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