Date: Wed, 25 Feb 1998 14:31:43 -0600 (CST) From: "Paul T. Root" <proot@horton.iaces.com> To: capriotti@geocities.com (Capriotti) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: telnet root login Message-ID: <199802252031.OAA09465@horton.iaces.com> In-Reply-To: <3.0.32.19980225175754.00a60950@pop.mpc.com.br> from Capriotti at "Feb 25, 98 05:58:06 pm"
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In a previous message, Capriotti said: > Disabling the telnet completly means that the FBSD box won't use telnet to > exchange terminal information (right???), BUT, if I start using SSH, what > am I using at the client side to access the FBSD box ? sshd is the server side, ssh, scp, slogin, etc. are the client side. > BTW, some other questions not directly related to this, but that will raise > while I am making all modificatios: where do I set my default editor (set > it to uemacs, which is already instaled and working); I'm using bash2.0. export EDITOR=uemacs put it in your .bashrc or .bash_profile > Where are the archives of this list, so that I can search them ? www.freebsd.org > TIA. > > > > At 12:44 PM 2/25/98 -0700, you wrote: > > > >You could change your /etc/ttys file to allow "secure" logins on pty's, > >but that is not generally accepted. > > > >You need to login as a non-root user who is a member of the group "wheel" > >and use the su command to become root. > > > >Telnet packets can be snooped and reconstructed, allowing others to know > >your root password. You should look insto installing "stel" or "ssh" and > >using these instead of telnet. Disable telnet completely if possible. > > > >This should have been sent to freebsd-questions@freebsd.org. > > > >Kevin > > > >On Wed, 25 Feb 1998, Capriotti wrote: > > > >> Sorry to boder you guys again, but I am in trouble here. > >> > >> The Brazilian FBSD list is not working, so, I have no other source of info > >> I can count with. My question is very basic and shouldn't be addressed to > >> hacker in normal conditions, but... here it goes: > >> > >> I'm trying to log to the FBSD machine using NT 4 workstation's telnet. > >> > >> Any root-level user can't login; The login attempt returns: > >> > >> Login incorrect > >> > >> Other non-root users login ok. > >> > >> Is this a security - FBSD - issue or an NT issue, and how to get it > solved ? > >> > >> Thank you again (ahmmmm... is there a FreeBSD-basic questions list ??? > :) ) > >> > >> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > >> with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message > >> > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > -- Warning: Dates in the Calendar are closer than they appear. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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