Re: [expert] Getting telnet access working on Mdk 7

2000-06-06 Thread Brian T. Schellenberger
Eric Aksomitis wrote: > > Well, problem solved. For some reason by default the inet.d daemon > wasn't running. I tacked him onto rc.local, and now it works. > > One question: How is it more secure to log in as a user and su to root, > as opposed to allowing direct root access? The only thing

Re: [expert] Getting telnet access working on Mdk 7

2000-06-06 Thread John J. LeMay Jr.
** Reply to message from Eric Aksomitis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Tue, 06 Jun 2000 18:44:56 -0600 > One question: How is it more secure to log in as a user and su to root, > as opposed to allowing direct root access? The only thing I can see is > that your root password will be buried in the midd

RE: [expert] Getting telnet access working on Mdk 7

2000-06-06 Thread Yacketta,Ronald J
have you installed the telnet-server rpm?? -Original Message- From: timbo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2000 10:06 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] Getting telnet access working on Mdk 7 Have you setup the /etc/resolv.conf file? try typing the

Re: [expert] Getting telnet access working on Mdk 7

2000-06-06 Thread timbo
]> Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2000 2:54 AM Subject: Re: [expert] Getting telnet access working on Mdk 7 > on 6/5/00 8:39 PM, Eric Aksomitis wrote: > > > I can't get telnet or ftp to work, even from the konsole (telnet > > localhost). > > It keeps on with "co

Re: [expert] Getting telnet access working on Mdk 7

2000-06-06 Thread Eric Aksomitis
Well, problem solved. For some reason by default the inet.d daemon wasn't running. I tacked him onto rc.local, and now it works. One question: How is it more secure to log in as a user and su to root, as opposed to allowing direct root access? The only thing I can see is that your root pass

Re: [expert] Getting telnet access working on Mdk 7

2000-06-06 Thread Charles Curley
On Mon, Jun 05, 2000 at 09:39:55PM -0600, Eric Aksomitis wrote: -> So, I set up a web server Linux Mdrk 7 machine last week. It is fully -> there and working, but one problem: -> I can't get telnet or ftp to work, even from the konsole (telnet -> localhost). -> -> It keeps on with "connection re

Re: [expert] Getting telnet access working on Mdk 7

2000-06-06 Thread John Aldrich
On Mon, 05 Jun 2000, you wrote: > So, I set up a web server Linux Mdrk 7 machine last week. It is fully > there and working, but one problem: > I can't get telnet or ftp to work, even from the konsole (telnet > localhost). > > It keeps on with "connection refused by host". > > My inetd.conf fil

Re: [expert] Getting telnet access working on Mdk 7

2000-06-06 Thread Anton Graham
Submitted 05-Jun-00 by Eric Aksomitis: > So, I set up a web server Linux Mdrk 7 machine last week. It is fully > there and working, but one problem: > I can't get telnet or ftp to work, even from the konsole (telnet > localhost). > > It keeps on with "connection refused by host". > > My inetd.c

Re: [expert] Getting telnet access working on Mdk 7

2000-06-06 Thread Gavin Clark
on 6/5/00 8:39 PM, Eric Aksomitis wrote: > I can't get telnet or ftp to work, even from the konsole (telnet > localhost). > It keeps on with "connection refused by host". > > My inetd.conf file points to telnet being serviced through tcpd to > in.telnetd as you would expect. There is no hosts.

[expert] Getting telnet access working on Mdk 7

2000-06-05 Thread Eric Aksomitis
So, I set up a web server Linux Mdrk 7 machine last week. It is fully there and working, but one problem: I can't get telnet or ftp to work, even from the konsole (telnet localhost). It keeps on with "connection refused by host". My inetd.conf file points to telnet being serviced through tcpd t