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ftp and telnet problem
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Are you trying to telnet as Root? By default, remote Root logins are disabled. You have one of three options:
1)Telnet as an unpriveleged user, su - root. FTP has no easy workaround - FTP as unpriveleged user, manipulate files via telnet.
2) mv /etc/securetty /etc/securetty.old (downgrades security significantly)
3) look at SSH which is a significant improvement over Telnet/FTP in terms of passwords not moving cleartext over the network.
1)Telnet as an unpriveleged user, su - root. FTP has no easy workaround - FTP as unpriveleged user, manipulate files via telnet.
2) mv /etc/securetty /etc/securetty.old (downgrades security significantly)
3) look at SSH which is a significant improvement over Telnet/FTP in terms of passwords not moving cleartext over the network.
I have/had the same problem. look for /usr/sbin/in.ftpd - if it doesn't exist, then that's why you couldn't ftp to the box - you need to load wu-ftp. redhat have a page on it:
They say you should load NetKit-B (an RPM) - I'm looking for a 'definitive' version of it right now.
I cheated a bit and used the wu-ftpd source from the SRPMS bit on the second redhat cd - unload it - it should end up in /usr/src/redhat/SOURCES/ - then unzip and untar the wu-ftp fiel and cd to the directory, then configure, make and install it from there. I'm still wondering what to do with the stray patch files, though.
This *may* explain your telnet problem as well. But it could well be that you're using the root account. [sig][/sig]
They say you should load NetKit-B (an RPM) - I'm looking for a 'definitive' version of it right now.
I cheated a bit and used the wu-ftpd source from the SRPMS bit on the second redhat cd - unload it - it should end up in /usr/src/redhat/SOURCES/ - then unzip and untar the wu-ftp fiel and cd to the directory, then configure, make and install it from there. I'm still wondering what to do with the stray patch files, though.
This *may* explain your telnet problem as well. But it could well be that you're using the root account. [sig][/sig]
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