Thanks. I have been meaning to look into ssh.
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>On Tue, 27 Jun 2000, bobby dowling wrote:
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> > Turn off inetd? I need to be able to ftp and telnet into my machine
>...I
> > also like to use webmin on occasion.
> >
> > Will disabling inetd affect this?
>
>Yes, but 1.) no one really uses telnet anymore, ssh is the way to go
>unless you can think of a good reason not to, and ssh is standalone. 2.) I
>like proftpd myself, and there's other standalone ftp daemons. But you're
>right all 3 things would be inaccesable. I've offered alternatives for 2
>out of the 3. I was thinking in terms of security more than memory
>footprint. But you get both if you can find a way to live without inetd.
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