Re: [freebsd-questions] root login with telnetd

2007-03-11 Thread Howard Jones
Wojciech Puchar wrote: can it be set to make possible to login root to machine through telnet and without telneting to some user and then su - ? with sshd and rshd it can be set, with telnetd - no success. once again - can someone answer my question instead of giving very intelligent

Re: [freebsd-questions] root login with telnetd

2007-03-11 Thread Wojciech Puchar
once again - can someone answer my question instead of giving very intelligent comments? ___ If I remember correctly, you edit /etc/ttys and set some of your ttyp* (i.e. network ptys) to be 'SECURE'. It really isn't a good idea though. The reason it

Re: [freebsd-questions] [freebsd-questions] root login with telnetd

2007-03-11 Thread Howard Jones
Wojciech Puchar wrote: so generalizing that telnet and rsh is bad is as stupid as telling that oxygen is bad as it makes fires. Well, that's true, but if you have the choice, there are better choices. You *can* hammer in nails with the butt of a gun, but there's a chance you'll somehow shoot

Re: [freebsd-questions] [freebsd-questions] root login with telnetd

2007-03-11 Thread Wojciech Puchar
There have been *many* problems over the years with rsh and telnet. rsh's security model comes from a time when people thought computers would never exactly true. so i use rsh between MY machines and rsh and telnet when sniffing is not a problem. wasn't easier just to answer the question?

Re: [freebsd-questions] [freebsd-questions] root login with telnetd

2007-03-11 Thread Christian Walther
On 11/03/07, Wojciech Puchar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There have been *many* problems over the years with rsh and telnet. rsh's security model comes from a time when people thought computers would never exactly true. so i use rsh between MY machines and rsh and telnet when sniffing is not a