It is possible to telnet as root, but you have to make sure that /etc/securetty and /etc/usertty don't prohibit it. (Do a "man login" for more info.) But I agree with Frank: SSH is the better way to go. Miark ----- Original Message ----- From: Franki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 12:00 PM Subject: RE: [newbie] how to setup a telnet server? > I don't think you can log in as root in telnet, personally I think its nuts > to want to, > > you have to log in as a user and use: > > su - > > to get root... > > > use openSSH, it comes with mandrake, and its secure and encrypted. or you > are just asking to have 50 unauthorised uses running bitchx on your system.. > (happened to me once long ago..) > > > rgds > > > Frank > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Mark Johnson > Sent: Tuesday, 4 September 2001 11:06 PM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Cc: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: RE: [newbie] how to setup a telnet server? > > > install the telnetd RPM... > > The next question will be "How do I logon as root from telnet" , but I don't > know the answer to that one... > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Lin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 10:02 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: [newbie] how to setup a telnet server? > > > > > > > > hello, I have Mandrake 7.2 installed, but I don't know how to setup to > > have the telnet server to work. > > > > It says: > > > > telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused > > > > I couldn't find a telnet in startup program, so I just > > enabled rlogin at > > boot time, but it still doesn't work. Could anyone please help? > > > > Thanks > > > > Eric > > > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com >
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