You're not trying to log in as root are you? That would explain your
problem. There is a file you can edit somewhere that will allow you to
telnet in as root, but this is *bad*. You should telnet in as a normal
user, the use su to get root access.
On 21/09/99 at 9:29 Claire Sims spake the following magic words:
++>So the problem is not that I have a problem with telnet or don`t know
++>what it is but when I telnet the Linux box....up it pops and says
++>username........passsword.
++>I enter this and it says incorrect.
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