Adam,

1) logging in via telnet is usually what's known as a "bad idea".
   Passwords are passed "in the clear" anyone with a sniffer can get
   your password.

2) logging in as root is usually what's known as a "bad idea".
   You want to spend as little time as root as you can lest you
   accidentally do something like rm -rf . from /.

What to do?

1) Create a user account.

2) Log in as that user via ssh.

I think that my netbsd 1.5 installed with sshd running.

There is a configuration file that can specifically allow/disallow
root telnet. You really don't want to be sending your root password
over the net in the clear.

   Larry

On Wed, Mar 14, 2001 at 07:19:07PM -0800, Adam Johnson wrote:
> I'm very new to BSD and just set up a NetBSD NAT "box" for my cable
> connection.  I'm trying to learn more about accessing the machine remotely
> but can't find much info on NetBSD's site.  So far, I've tried allowing
> telnetd to boot up in the inetd.conf file, but when trying to log on
> remotely I get the message that "root login refused on this terminal".
> 
> Am I going about this the wrong way?  Is telnet the best way to access this
> machine?  Where can I get information concerning these questions?  Any help
> is much appreciated!!!!!!!!
> 
> 
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