On Thu, Apr 18, 2002 at 11:28:28AM +0800, Michael Watts wrote: > Hi, > > I am having trouble with a few services and want to allow root to telnet > to a Debian 2.2r5 system for testing purposes, but can not find the way > to allow this to happen.
You really really really do not want to do this. You don't mention if the machine in question is on the internet, but regardless it's a bad idea. If you really must enable remote access, please consider using ssh instead. Generally speaking you never want to enable remote root logins, you should instead have a regular user account log in and then use su. > I have had a look through the man pages, and looked into /etc/securetty > but get stuck there. Do I have to add an entry for telnet to securetty > to allow root to login that way? Yes, that is correct. By default /etc/securetty on most distributions only permits root logins from the console. I don't believe sshd observes /etc/securetty though, so if you decide to use ssh you'll want to take a look at the "PermitRootLogin" parameter. (And preferably set it to "no") > Also, how would I allow telnet to accessed on more than one port at a > time. I may need to allow it on port 23 and 5555(omniback backup > software port), but can only seem to allow one or the other, not both. > How can I allow both 23 and 5555 to accept telnet? A port can only be used by one application at a time. You can't have telnet and omniback listening to port 5555 together. There are a lot of unused ports available, is having telnet listen to, for example, 2222 an option? I hope this helps. Chris Hilts [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
