Re: [expert] Remote Access of Root
You can telnet in as root if you really want to, all you have to do is (as root of course) vi /etc/securetty At the end of the file append: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 What this file does is say what ttys are allowed to login as root. Doing the above essentially allows all. Not suggested for a production system, but quite useful otherwise. -David Talbot On Wed, 05 Jul 2000, you wrote: > You cannot telnet in as root. Telnet in as a regular user the su to root. > Even better USE SSH. SSH encrypts the connection and allows root log in! > - Original Message - > > > I have Mandrake 7.1 up and running and for maintenance purposes I want to > > log on remotely as root for telnet and ftp from another system. > > > > Right now this seems to be defeated by the system. Can I change this? > >
RE: [expert] Remote Access of Root
Do a 'su -' to have the same path and environment as root. -Original Message- From: Ken Wilson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: woensdag 5 juli 2000 15:39 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [expert] Remote Access of Root Log in as a regular user to the remote machine and then do an 'su' to root once you're logged in. -Original Message- From: Richard Fiedler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: July 5, 2000 5:25 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [expert] Remote Access of Root I have Mandrake 7.1 up and running and for maintenance purposes I want to log on remotely as root for telnet and ftp from another system. Right now this seems to be defeated by the system. Can I change this?
Re: [expert] Remote Access of Root
All, Forgive me for butting in on this one but I ran into the same situation on 7.0 when I chose a security level above medium on the install and here is what I did to get telnet et al back 1. uncomment the lines in inetd.conf concerning telnet and ftp. 2. uncomment the telnet and ftp lines in /etc/services. 2. install telnet server package. It didn't get installed, without it telnet doesn't work and I don't think ssh will either. 3. install ftp client (wu-ftpd for example and be sure and grab the new one it seemed to need this even though I had scp) 4. at the prompt type killall -HUP inetd to restart inetd. This is what worked for me, hope it works for you. Nightwriter At 10:26 AM 7/5/00, you wrote: >On Wed, 5 Jul 2000, Richard Fiedler wrote: > > > Date: Wed, 05 Jul 2000 15:24:46 +0300 > > From: Richard Fiedler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: [expert] Remote Access of Root > > > > I have Mandrake 7.1 up and running and for maintenance purposes I want to > > log on remotely as root for telnet and ftp from another system. > > > >edit /etc/securetty > >or better yet, switch to openssh, www.openssh.org >and use sftp, on ftp://sunsite.uio.no/pub/linux/Mandrake-crypto > > > Right now this seems to be defeated by the system. Can I change this? > > > >-- >Regards, > >Ellick Chan >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Jul 5 >
Re: [expert] Remote Access of Root
Richard Fiedler wrote: > I have Mandrake 7.1 up and running and for maintenance purposes I want to > log on remotely as root for telnet and ftp from another system. > > Right now this seems to be defeated by the system. Can I change this? Ummm, ssh is better than telnet for your purposes, I would say. Webmin installation will allow you to use telnet nicely as well as control a host of other things remotely (including server settings such as ftp) and can be very dangerous if you do not set it up properly (as a potential security hole). But login via telnet remotely as an ordinary user and then su to root to do the things you need--it works. Civileme
RE: [expert] Remote Access of Root
On Wed, 5 Jul 2000, Richard Fiedler wrote:
> I have Mandrake 7.1 up and running and for maintenance purposes I want to
> log on remotely as root for telnet and ftp from another system.
>
> Right now this seems to be defeated by the system. Can I change this?
1.) Never ever login as root!
2.) If you still want it:
- check out /etc/securetty (delete it to set all ttys as "secure")
("best" securetty has only one line: tty1)
- maybe check /etc/shells (checked by ftpd for valid user shell)
- check /etc/inetd.conf
- check /etc/hosts.deny and /etc/hosts.allow
3.) on telnet and ftp your password is sent readable and unencrypted over
the net, so please (please!) use openssh:
- ssh instead of telnet
- scp instead of ftp
regards,
Frank
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RE: [expert] Remote Access of Root
On Wed, 05 Jul 2000, you wrote: > Log in as a regular user to the remote machine and then do an 'su' to root > once you're logged in. > > -Original Message- > From: Richard Fiedler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: July 5, 2000 5:25 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [expert] Remote Access of Root > > > I have Mandrake 7.1 up and running and for maintenance purposes I want to > log on remotely as root for telnet and ftp from another system. > > Right now this seems to be defeated by the system. Can I change this? > OR, use SSH and SFTP to accomplish the same thing with one step instead of two. :-) John
RE: [expert] Remote Access of Root
Or better yet, install SSH, so your sessions are encrypted, and you're not sending your root password in plaintext all over the Internet. -Matt Stegman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> On Wed, 5 Jul 2000, Ken Wilson wrote: > Log in as a regular user to the remote machine and then do an 'su' to root > once you're logged in. > > -Original Message- > From: Richard Fiedler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: July 5, 2000 5:25 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [expert] Remote Access of Root > > > I have Mandrake 7.1 up and running and for maintenance purposes I want to > log on remotely as root for telnet and ftp from another system. > > Right now this seems to be defeated by the system. Can I change this? >
Re: [expert] Remote Access of Root
Log on as regular user and then switch over to SU. Seve -Original Message- From: Richard Fiedler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wednesday, July 05, 2000 6:21 AM Subject: [expert] Remote Access of Root >I have Mandrake 7.1 up and running and for maintenance purposes I want to >log on remotely as root for telnet and ftp from another system. > >Right now this seems to be defeated by the system. Can I change this? > >
Re: [expert] Remote Access of Root
On Wed, 5 Jul 2000, Richard Fiedler wrote: > Date: Wed, 05 Jul 2000 15:24:46 +0300 > From: Richard Fiedler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [expert] Remote Access of Root > > I have Mandrake 7.1 up and running and for maintenance purposes I want to > log on remotely as root for telnet and ftp from another system. > edit /etc/securetty or better yet, switch to openssh, www.openssh.org and use sftp, on ftp://sunsite.uio.no/pub/linux/Mandrake-crypto > Right now this seems to be defeated by the system. Can I change this? > -- Regards, Ellick Chan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jul 5
Re: [expert] Remote Access of Root
On Wed, Jul 05, 2000 at 03:24:46PM +0300, Richard Fiedler wrote: > Right now this seems to be defeated by the system. Can I change this? I suppose you could, but the "normal" way is to login as user and then to "su" to the root account only when needed. Alexander Skwar -- Homepage: http://www.digitalprojects.com Sichere Mail? Mail an [EMAIL PROTECTED] fuer GnuPG Keys ICQ:7328191 PGP signature
Re: [expert] Remote Access of Root
You cannot telnet in as root. Telnet in as a regular user the su to root. Even better USE SSH. SSH encrypts the connection and allows root log in! - Original Message - > I have Mandrake 7.1 up and running and for maintenance purposes I want to > log on remotely as root for telnet and ftp from another system. > > Right now this seems to be defeated by the system. Can I change this? >
Re: [expert] Remote Access of Root
- Original Message - From: "Richard Fiedler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2000 8:24 AM Subject: [expert] Remote Access of Root > I have Mandrake 7.1 up and running and for maintenance purposes I want to > log on remotely as root for telnet and ftp from another system. > > Right now this seems to be defeated by the system. Can I change this? > The traditional approach is to log on as a regular user, then su to root once there. Easier tham changing the program. Hoyt
Re: [expert] Remote Access of Root
> I have Mandrake 7.1 up and running and for maintenance purposes I want to > log on remotely as root for telnet and ftp from another system. > > Right now this seems to be defeated by the system. Can I change this? > I'm not sure in which of two places the problem lies. First, if you cannot login at all via ftp or telnet, check /etc/inetd.conf and (I think) /etc/services to make sure these apps are available. If they are enabled and you cannot login as root (which is highly likely), you can telnet in as a normal user and "su" to root. I'm not sure how to solve this issue for ftp access. You may want to consider installing ssh (OpenSSH for a business environment - I believe that one is free for commercial use) and using it instead of telnet since data will be encrypted as it passes over the network. With telnet all data - passwords and all - are sent in clear text. Again, I don't know much about ftp. However, a quick search on freshmeat may turn up some secure ftp client/server. One last tip if you are using Windows clients to telnet or ssh into your *nix servers, check out CRT as a replacement for telnet or SecureCRT for a ssh client for Windows. It's an excellent terminal app - much better than Windows telnet! - This message was sent using MI-Webmail. No matter where you are, never lose touch. Get your Email using MI-Webmail. http://www.monmouth.com/
Re: [expert] Remote Access of Root
Richard I think that the defaults for telnet and FTP can be changed to allow root access. However I do not recommend this. You should create another account with limited privileges that you ftp/telnet into, and then su to root. This is a lot safer, and does not require you to modify any files. Also if you want an even more secure connection you can install SSH. That will encrypt your sessions and will not pass plain text passwords as FTP and telnet do. Thanks Dany Allard Richard Fiedler wrote: > I have Mandrake 7.1 up and running and for maintenance purposes I want to > log on remotely as root for telnet and ftp from another system. > > Right now this seems to be defeated by the system. Can I change this? begin:vcard n:Allard;Dany tel;fax:+1.403.253.5580 tel;work:+1.403.253.5531 x-mozilla-html:FALSE url:www.alterna.com org:Alterna Technolies Group Inc.;Shared Service Center version:2.1 email;internet:[EMAIL PROTECTED] title:Technology Analyst adr;quoted-printable:;;Alterna Technologies Group Inc.=0D=0ASuite 200, 5970 Centre Street SE;Calgary;Alberta;T2H 0C1;Canada x-mozilla-cpt:;0 fn:Dany Allard end:vcard
RE: [expert] Remote Access of Root
Log in as a regular user to the remote machine and then do an 'su' to root once you're logged in. -Original Message- From: Richard Fiedler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: July 5, 2000 5:25 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [expert] Remote Access of Root I have Mandrake 7.1 up and running and for maintenance purposes I want to log on remotely as root for telnet and ftp from another system. Right now this seems to be defeated by the system. Can I change this?
