Re: SSH (was Telent)
On Thu, 23 Nov 2000 16:42:19 +1100, John Griffiths writes: First off don't use telnet...use ssh instead. Telnet isn't secure at all because it's completely clear text. And yes, there are debs for the ssh system (but you'll need a non-US deb source). what clients do you recommend? openssh (apt-get install ssh), be sure to have a non-US-source like deb ftp://ftp.at.debian.org/debian-non-US potato/non-US main \ contrib non-free in your /etc/apt/sources.list what command would i invoke? (for instance i've always just done telnet foo.foo.com) ssh foo.foo.com if the server has a sshd running. do i need keys established at both ends? you should, but it´s also possible to use password-authentication. i'd really appreciate this advice.. particularly free windows telnet clients (windows desktop, debian servers) I´m fond of teraterm (with ssh-extension), try your favourite search engine (for the ssh-ext., search for ttssh). hth, rw -- / Ing. Robert Waldner | Network Engineer | T: +43 1 89933 F: x533 \ \ [EMAIL PROTECTED] |KPNQwest/AT | Diefenbachg. 35, A-1150 /
Re: Telent
Hi, if you really need to log in as root via telnet, you must add a line in /etc/securetty and add: pts/0 for only one connection pts/1 for a second connection etc. However, this is unsecure. For maintenance, use ssh instead (and do not add the lines given above). If you need to acces the computer from a windoze platform, use Putty, a client way better than the windoze one and also ssh. For install you can use: # apt-get install ssh this should install the daemon and client. Greetz, Sebastiaan On Wed, 22 Nov 2000, Trainer wrote: I have a question. Is there some configuration that I need to make in order to telnet in to my Linux box. I have a static ip, and i can log on locally. I have the gateway configured. I get the log in thru telnet and enter root and then password. Everytime I get incorrect login I know this is not correct because i can log in locally. Can i use root to log in? I very new to Linux and Debian and need some advice. Thanks in advance Jeff D
Telent
I have a question. Is there some configuration that I need to make in order to telnet in to my Linux box. I have a static ip, and ican log on locally. I have the gateway configured. I get the log in thru telnet and enter root and then password. Everytime I get incorrect login I know this is not correct because i can log in locally. Can i use root to log in? I very new to Linux and Debian and need some advice. Thanks in advance Jeff D
Re: Telent
Jeff said: I have a question. Is there some configuration that I need to make in order to telnet in to my Linux box. I have a static ip, and i can log on locally. I have the gateway configured. I get the log in thru telnet and enter root and then password. Everytime I get incorrect login I know this is not correct because i can log in locally. Can i use root to log in? I very new to Linux and Debian and need some advice. for security reasons very few modern unices allow remote root logon u need to logon as user first and then su if you want root access
Re: Telent
Trainer wrote: I have a question. Is there some configuration that I need to make in order to telnet in to my Linux box. I have a static ip, and i can log on locally. I have the gateway configured. I get the log in thru telnet and enter root and then password. Everytime I get incorrect login I know this is not correct because i can log in locally. Can i use root to log in? I very new to Linux and Debian and need some advice. Actually, you can remote login to your system through Telnet, if you want to use 'root' to login your system, try ssh instead of telnet... Of course, login as normal user, and use 'su' to change to SuperUser is better... (ssh is better) About the telnet settings, you may read the man page of 'telnetd', and config '/etc/inetd.conf'.. -- Best Regards, Shell Hung Different algorithms offer different degrees of security; it depends on how hard they are to break. -- Applied Cryptography, Bruce Schneier
Re: Telent
You cannot use root to login with telnet. Its disabled by default for security reasons. At 11:28 PM 22/11/00, you wrote: I have a question. Is there some configuration that I need to make in order to telnet in to my Linux box. I have a static ip, and i can log on locally. I have the gateway configured. I get the log in thru telnet and enter root and then password. Everytime I get incorrect login I know this is not correct because i can log in locally. Can i use root to log in? I very new to Linux and Debian and need some advice. Thanks in advance Jeff D
Re: Telent
On Wed, Nov 22, 2000 at 09:28:03PM -0800, Trainer wrote: I have a question. Is there some configuration that I need to make in order to telnet in to my Linux box. I have a static ip, and i can log on locally. I have the gateway configured. I get the log in thru telnet and enter root and then password. Everytime I get incorrect login I know this is not correct because i can log in locally. Can i use root to log in? I very new to Linux and Debian and need some advice. First off don't use telnet...use ssh instead. Telnet isn't secure at all because it's completely clear text. And yes, there are debs for the ssh system (but you'll need a non-US deb source). Once you've converted to ssh, edit /etc/ssh/sshd_config and set PermitRootLogin to yes. Personally, I wouldn't do that -- I have PermitRootLogin set to no for safety; this requires me to ssh in as a normal user then su to root. Cheng
Re: Telent
On Wed, Nov 22, 2000 at 09:28:03PM -0800, Trainer wrote: I have a question. Is there some configuration that I need to make in order to telnet in to my Linux box. I have a static ip, and i can log on locally. I have the gateway configured. I get the log in thru telnet and enter root and then password. Everytime I get incorrect login I know this is not correct because i can log in locally. Can i use root to log in? I very new to Linux and Debian and need some advice. First of all you don't want to login as root especially with a program like telnet. Someone could snag your password and you would not be happy. Install ssh and use that. Your information will be encrypted then. Even with ssh I would recommend to login as a regular user and then su to root. That way someone would have to break two passwords to get to your vitals:) hth, kent -- The only normal people are the one's you don't know very well. ~Joe Ancis~ --
SSH (was Telent)
First off don't use telnet...use ssh instead. Telnet isn't secure at all because it's completely clear text. And yes, there are debs for the ssh system (but you'll need a non-US deb source). what clients do you recommend? what command would i invoke? (for instance i've always just done telnet foo.foo.com) do i need keys established at both ends? i'd really appreciate this advice.. particularly free windows telnet clients (windows desktop, debian servers)
Re: SSH (was Telent)
On Thu, Nov 23, 2000 at 04:42:19PM +1100, John Griffiths wrote: First off don't use telnet...use ssh instead. Telnet isn't secure at all because it's completely clear text. And yes, there are debs for the ssh system (but you'll need a non-US deb source). what clients do you recommend? what command would i invoke? (for instance i've always just done telnet foo.foo.com) do i need keys established at both ends? i'd really appreciate this advice.. particularly free windows telnet clients (windows desktop, debian servers) You need to have a server and client. apt-get install ssh will get what you need installed on your linux machine. Putty is about the best free windows ssh client I have come across. You can find a few more at openssh.com Also there is a handy remote copy program that comes with it called scp hth, kent -- The only normal people are the one's you don't know very well. ~Joe Ancis~ --
