Ehlo :) Max Whitt writes:
> I know this goes against all security measures, but I want to add a telnet > server as a backup on my Trustix 3.0 box. This is because SSH has died on me > in the past (and I still don't know why) and I can't get in otherwise to > restart it remotely -- I have to ask my ISP to reboot the machine. So I want > telnet available as a backup option. you can use port knocking software to execute a start/restart of your ssh.. is really more secure.. :) u can even keep your sshd down and turn it on only when you need it.. cheers Fremen > > If I remember from my Trustix 1.5 days, in.telnetd was available through the > xinetd package. However, I installed that and don't see an entry for telnet, > or see the /usr/sbin/in.telnetd file. Is this not available through swup and > I have to manually install it? If so, where should I get it? > > On the initial problem with SSH -- I don't see anything in the logs > (/var/log/messages, /var/log/secure) to indicate why it had died. Are there > any other places I should check to see what happened to SSH? > > Thanks. > _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ tsl-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.trustix.org/mailman/listinfo/tsl-discuss
