Hi
Thanks ahead of time, Oh yes - please email me too at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I will not reply directly, unless you request. I tried a mail-list
service once before, and eventhough I check the mail almost daily, my
provider somehow got the mail-list server to drop me. But I do not want
to miss the responses.
The whole point of this is that I have three linux boxes with varying
degree of success in administering telnet and ftp services. I have one
Mandrake 6.0 which is too wide open for access that is, one 486/ with
RedHat 6.0 (Mandrake advertises that their system needs a pentium with
64 megs, otherwise I would have mounted it there too.), and one caldera
box with its own problems.
My goal, to have the boxes, which lie behind various firewalls allow
one or two users that may be anywhere on the net to have access via ftp
or telnet. I have passwords to those firewalls and have no problem
connecting to existing unix boxes, aix and others.
So my approach here is to validate what I think is correct about the
files to be used, commands, and process - ie in which order . Please
correct that you see is incorrect.
Users
My understanding is that if a user is added using the normal tools,
adduser or gui eqv., then each user, with out exception, assuming empty
hosts.allow/deny files, should have access via telnet and ftp.
Network packages
I believe, and I should verify, all computers are using 'netkit'. Are
there others that perform the equivelent for linux os?
Files associated with tcp wrappers that control access
/ etc/services
/etc/inetd.conf
/etc/hosts.allow
/etc/hosts.deny
/etc/ftpaccess
When any of these files are altered, which commands and their sequence
should they should be applied to stop and restart inetd in order to have
changes take affect?
are there user files associated that could restrict a user's access?
Processes
I saw from various messages that running ps would show all processes
being used. On my platforms I used ps -e. (I only state this in this
manner to help others who may come accross this string of messages. So,
please bear with a new adminstrator.)
the mandrake box shows when ps -e command is used that tty1&2 are tied
to login.
whereas caldera box shows tty1&2 are tied getty. No login command
associated with process, is this an indication that some process that I
need to have running isn't?
I'm a little tired and may be running a little long on the keys here. I
would appreciate a response to my questions so far. Let me experiment
and learn. Then I will probably have more questions.
Mike McCann
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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