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| 246540 | 2004-06-21 07:05:00 | Hi there, after much searching google, I managed to find and install the telnet server that should otherwise come preinstalled with my fedora . Two things: 1) I know it's running, but I can't log in under root . My password is the one I use for the GUI, and it doesn't work . I know you have to change the telnet file in /etc/xinetd . d , but I don't think I need to, it already looks like this: # default: on # description: The telnet server serves telnet sessions; it uses \ # unencrypted username/password pairs for authentication . service telnet { disable = no flags = REUSE socket_type = stream wait = no user = root server = /usr/sbin/in . telnetd log_on_failure += USERID } The line in bold is what I was told to change to no, which it already was . Anything else that could be stopping me logging in as root? 2) When logged in as the other users (being able to do so proves the connection), I cannot ls . What do I change for this? Thanks . . . |
Growly (6) | ||
| 246541 | 2004-06-21 11:47:00 | you can only login as root on the box. if you telnet in you cant login as root, this is a security thing. login as your normal user and the SU up to root. |
robsonde (120) | ||
| 246542 | 2004-06-22 03:11:00 | When logged in, do echo $PATH . That will tell you the default path which allows you to give commands without the path . (If that doesn't work, do /bin/echo $PATH) :D . They might be trying to discourage users from using telnet, by making it difficult . It's fine to use it on your own local network, but its a very bad idea to connect a machine running a telnet server to the Internet . If you are going to use that machine as a firewall, it would be best to change that file so it has "disable = yes" . The service telnet start command should work now you have the server, so you can start it only when you need it and reboot or "service telnet stop" before you expose it . |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 246543 | 2004-06-22 08:12:00 | Oh, thanks. Yeah i was reading and they said that you could actually change it - I ll it give that a go. This computer isn't connected to the internet, it's behind a firewall and will not be on alot. |
Growly (6) | ||
| 246544 | 2004-06-22 08:18:00 | OK graham, I did the echo thing, but I wasnt quite clear how i was intended to use that . . . Was i meant to go to one of those directory and service telnet start /stop? Untill then, I'm still having trouble lsing . |
Growly (6) | ||
| 246545 | 2004-06-22 08:29:00 | Ok the ls thing is sorted... But how do I stop Segmentation Faults? |
Growly (6) | ||
| 246546 | 2004-06-22 08:36:00 | sig faults are a "feature" of Linux ;) | mark.p (383) | ||
| 246547 | 2004-06-22 10:05:00 | You mean I can do nothing but cry about it? | Growly (6) | ||
| 246548 | 2004-06-22 10:43:00 | > You mean I can do nothing but cry about it? Yes, you can investigate why your app is segfaulting. :) |
Jen C (20) | ||
| 246549 | 2004-06-22 11:33:00 | There should also be a built in SSH server which is secure, as opposed to Telnet which is very vulnerable. Quite a bit to learn about that sort of thing, heaps on Google etc though. One of the first things to do would be to make sure you've diabled Telnet/SSH connections from outside your network to prevent anyone wandering by on the net from having a look, unlikely though it may be. Web-Min is an excellent package, dunno how Fedora does package management, but WebMin gives a nice easy to use browser based GUI for editing much of the core configuration - made my life a lot easier. |
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