Hi all,
Im new to this but ill give it a go.....I must agree with you Kenneth.
Telnet is my only way of doing administion work on my e-smith server (dialin
& Local net) as i don't have a monitor etc on the server because i don't
have the room for it.
An on/off option would be nice ? :-D
Michael Maxwell
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Kenneth Lang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "E-smith developers list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2001 3:57 PM
Subject: Re: [e-smith-devinfo] Telnet "root" access
> Ooooo, talk about stirring to pot.
>
> I partially agree with you Dan. However, administrators who have access
via
> and thru Telnet via local network should not require SSH to connect as
root.
> Loading another key/shell on a PC to connect via root does not fly with
me.
> I would like to get in thru root via local as with 4.01. I have created a
> series of scripts for Fetchmail which I would like to incorporate on 4.1.
>
> I respect the whole SSH issue especially for world access to systems but
not
> local. I personally have three different secure access packages to
connect
> to remote clients. I do not want another one to connect and administer my
> systems inside my own firewall and domain.
>
> Setting this as normal telnet connection for admin and root and optional
SSH
> for local would be acceptable, beyond that, we will bury ourselves in the
> secure world where we cannot administer and function. If I give someone
> else the Admin password on my domain, then I am liable for their errors if
> they so decide to meddle in areas they should not.
>
> Kenneth Lang
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dan Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "E-smith developers list"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2001 8:02 PM
> Subject: Re: [e-smith-devinfo] Telnet "root" access
>
>
> > Ted Serreyn wrote:
> >
> > > No I do. I have clients that don't have the root or admin password,
> sometimes
> > > dialing in, I can only get a telnet window and then run lynx or do
other
> things
> > > as root, not as admin.
> >
> > Well, that's the point of root vs. admin. The issue is whether to have
> > access via *telnet* as opposed to SSH. Considering that there are Java
> > SSH applets available, I don't see much (if any) need for root access
> > via telnet. Perhaps, though, it would be good to include one of those
> > SSH applets in the e-smith distro...
> >
> > --
> > Dan Brown, KE6MKS, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > "Meddle not in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy
> > and taste good with ketchup."
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