Subject: Re: how to enable telnet logins for users?
To: Frederick Bruckman <fb@enteract.com>
From: Henry B. Hotz <hotz@jpl.nasa.gov>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 09/21/2000 10:58:29
At 12:31 PM -0500 9/21/00, Frederick Bruckman wrote:
>On Thu, 21 Sep 2000, hilbert m68k wrote:
>
> > I get a permission denied error when trying to telnet into my se 30 running
> > 1.4.2.
> > How do I enable telnet login for users on netBSD?
>
>Uncomment the "telnet" line in /etc/inetd.conf; then
>
>kill -HUP `cat /var/run/inetd.pid`
All true.
When you enable telnet I hope you are thinking a little bit about the
security implications. Not much of an issue if you only have a local
LAN, but if you have internet connectivity then you should worry
about how you authenticate. Cleartext passwords are a bad idea these
days.
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