Well, problem solved. For some reason by default the inet.d daemon
wasn't running. I tacked him onto rc.local, and now it works.
One question: How is it more secure to log in as a user and su to root,
as opposed to allowing direct root access? The only thing I can see is
that your root password will be buried in the middle of a bunch of
packets, as opposed to being obviously spotted?
My other question would be: why wasn't inet.d running by default?? It
was totally installed and configured.
Cheers
Eric Aksomitis
Charles Curley wrote:
>
> You should not be able to telent into the root account. It is considered
> very insecure. You can telnet into a user account, then "su -" to run as
> root. (Even more secure, use ssh instead, but that's another issue.)
>
> You didn't say whether you have tried to log in as a user; if not, try
> that.
>
> What other functions are working or not working? Can you ping the beastie,
> by host name or by IP address? Get the webpage?
>
