Re: How to allow root telnet to a NetBSD 6.1.5 box

2015-11-09 Thread Pongthep Kulkrisada
* jmitchel (jmitc...@mail.bigjar.com) wrote: > Hello, > > I have an appliance that I'm upgrading from 1.6.2 (I know, I know) to 6.1.5. > The appliance currently only has the root account. I want users to be able > to set up the box without having to use a serial cable, so I'm configuring > it

Re: How to allow root telnet to a NetBSD 6.1.5 box

2015-11-09 Thread Andy Ruhl
On Sun, Nov 8, 2015 at 2:23 PM, Thor Lancelot Simon wrote: > > That's irresponsible. I for one won't help you do it. Use SSH. Agreed. It's amazing how telnet still exists and even proliferates when it doesn't have to. Probably it should be requisite to explain why telnet is

Re: How to allow root telnet to a NetBSD 6.1.5 box

2015-11-09 Thread Mike Pumford
Andy Ruhl wrote: A guy I worked with a while back insisted on using it because Windows doesn't have a built in SSH client. Even after someone sniffed his password and showed him. Unbelievable. Wow is he living in the past. Windows doesn't have a telnet client either in recent versions and

RE: How to allow root telnet to a NetBSD 6.1.5 box

2015-11-09 Thread Davis, Michael T.
Mike Pumford (mpumf...@mudcovered.org.uk) writes... >Wow is he living in the past. Windows doesn't have a telnet client >either in recent versions and quite frankly I'd rather download PuTTY >anyway. ;) > > >Mike Actually, a telnet client is available in newer versions of Windows as a feature

Re: How to allow root telnet to a NetBSD 6.1.5 box

2015-11-09 Thread Mike Pumford
Davis, Michael T. wrote: Actually, a telnet client is available in newer versions of Windows as a feature that can be enabled via the "Programs and Features" control panel. It is not enabled, by default. But I prefer PuTTY, as well. Well I've learnt something today :). Didn't realise that

How to allow root telnet to a NetBSD 6.1.5 box

2015-11-08 Thread jmitchel
Hello, I have an appliance that I'm upgrading from 1.6.2 (I know, I know) to 6.1.5. The appliance currently only has the root account. I want users to be able to set up the box without having to use a serial cable, so I'm configuring it with a default IP and want them to be able to telnet in

Re: How to allow root telnet to a NetBSD 6.1.5 box

2015-11-08 Thread Thor Lancelot Simon
On Sun, Nov 08, 2015 at 02:17:40PM -0500, jmitchel wrote: > Hello, > > I have an appliance that I'm upgrading from 1.6.2 (I know, I know) to 6.1.5. > The appliance currently only has the root account. I want users to be able > to set up the box without having to use a serial cable, so I'm