Well what if someone is so p*ssed off that they are
smashing things because they don't know what to do
I have done a re-install and I am not ashamed to admit it,
I was smashing things and punching holes in my walls here
because I was so F-ing P**sed off that I could s***,
and I was running out of wallboard.
On Wed, 31 May 2000, flupke wrote:
> rharvey wrote:
> >
> > I setup a linux box with the server choice and high security. I finally
> > found the place to turn on the web service. http web services are running
> > now. The ftp seems to be installed. all the info I have found says its all
> > set up but I can't ftp into the server. I need ftp to upload my web pages.
> > I also want telnet. It does not work either. i can ping the server. I can
> > go from the server to other computers thru telnet.
> First, make sure you have the telnet-server package installed.
> Then, enable the telnet and ftp servers in /etc/inetd.conf. I think you
> just should uncomment the lines corresponding to the servers.
> After you have done that, I think that it should be ok.
>
> But if you care about security, I think you'd better forget about telnet
> and install ssh instead.
>
> >
> > Is it the security level?
> maybe the servers are not enabled with the high-security level (this
> would not be surprizing. And even rather normal. telnet is NOT
> secure!!!)
>
> > do i need to re-install and set the secutity level down?
> Even if you decide to change the security level, YOU DO NOT HAVE TO
> REINSTALL LINUX! In fact, in theory, YOU NEVER HAVE TO REINSTALL
> LINUX!!!! Everybody should be aware of that. I see too often people
> saying "It didn't work so I reinstalled". Sorry, but that is NOT the
> solution. We are here in a unix environnement. Forget about the BAD BAD
> EVIL habits you had with Mikr0$oft.
> (sorry for the shouting, but I really want to focus everybody's
> attention about this point)
>
> The security levels are handled by the msec package. Read the files in
> /usr/doc/msec<version>/ for details about security levels and how to
> change it.
>
> > How do I get access to the services.. ( I do not have the gui auto loading.
> > i can startx but i can't get any of the gui's to run..kde...gnome..ect...)
> To access a graphical login from a root command prompt, type "init 5".
> To automatically load the GUI login screen at startup, change the line
> id:3:initdefault:
> to
> id:5:initdefault:
> in your /etc/inittab file.
>
> No window manager comes when you start X because (I think that) they are
> not installed in the server installation. Install them from the mdk CD.
>
> > so I guess any info sent on how to fix this will have to be no-gui commands.
> Not anymore... :-)
>
> >
> > thanks in advance
> > Robert
>
> HTH
> Flupke
