telnet with root on linux

[mrgulic]

I have a linux system running openfiler 2.2. I have an app that needs telnet to connect to it through port 5555. I have performed the following in accordance with information googled.

vi /etc/xinetd.d/krb5-telnet

changed disabled from "yes" to "no"

service xinetd reload

Also:

vi /etc/securetty

Added the following to the end:
pts/0
pts/1
pts/2
pts/3
pts/4
pts/5
pts/6
pts/7
pts/8
pts/9

and finally:

vi /etc/pam.d/login

changed:
auth required /lib/security/pam_securetty.so
to:
#auth required /lib/security/pam_securetty.so


I am getting a "Login incorrect:" for root from the windows command line with trying to telnet

I can however login with root via putty with no problem.

I know very little about linux as most books I have on it speak way too much about the GUI and very little about command line.


Yes, I have tried a keyword search in this forum for "root telnet", none of which were helpful to me. Google bore a limited amount of sucess as telnet is now enabled but root still cannot login.

I am well aware of all the security concerns with telnet but it's on a closed network and its just for testing.

Thanks in advance for your time and assistance.

 

[Annihilannic]

Windows telnet is not Kerberos telnet, i.e. it uses port 23 instead of port 5555, and does not use Kerberos authentication. Which flavour of telnet are you trying to use? Sounds like you'll either need to find a Kerberos telnet-capable client, or switch to non-Kerberos-telnet at the Linux side.

Annihilannic.

 

[mrgulic]

Thanks for your reply Annihilannic, but i have given up and gone in another direction.