Paul Davies wrote: >Question 1) I can telnet to the machine - but I do not seem to be able >to telnet to it and log in as root. Is it not >possible to telnet to a machine as root?
This is a REALLY, *REALLY* bad idea. I can't emphasize how bad this idea is. (Look at telnet and security, umm, is none, your password is sent across the network in plain text, meaning anyone with a packet sniffer can probably snatch your root password.) However it is possible, but most distros usualy block it by default. Unless you specificly *need* it to be telnet, look at ssh. (Which is enrypted, but similar thing) >Question 2) Once I have telnetted to a machine I would like to be able >do something with a file. I can copy and delete files >etc no problem. I cannot however seem to open up a file on a remote >computer and view it on the local computer with gedit >for example. Could someone point me in the right direction on going >about achieving this. Look at something like using vim/nano or whatever your comfortable with. These are text editorrs and will work fine. Otherwise look at X forwarding. - Chris [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
