From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jul 10 16:33:24 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2419237B400 for ; Wed, 10 Jul 2002 16:33:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.2.69.218]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1B1CB43E31 for ; Wed, 10 Jul 2002 16:33:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:::1]) by smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.12.5/8.12.5) with ESMTP id g6ANXJYn039898; Thu, 11 Jul 2002 00:33:19 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: (from matthew@localhost) by happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.12.5/8.12.5/Submit) id g6ANXDSx039897; Thu, 11 Jul 2002 00:33:13 +0100 (BST) Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2002 00:33:13 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman To: Grant Cooper Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FTP in Root after Apache is installed Message-ID: <20020710233313.GA39209@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophi> References: <005301c227fc$3f9a16a0$23b9fea9@ab.hsia.telus.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <005301c227fc$3f9a16a0$23b9fea9@ab.hsia.telus.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, Jul 10, 2002 at 04:26:15AM -0600, Grant Cooper wrote: > I can't seem to ftp or telnet from root anymore after I installed apache. Is > this for security? Coincidence. Having or not having apache installed has no bearing on the ability to use other services from your machine. You probably changed something in your root environment while you were working on apache, and that is what's causing the problem. Try logging out and back in again. If that doesn't fix it, how about giving us a little more to work with? Like what exactly you see on the screen when you try (and fail) to do whatever it is. Oh yeah --- standard security procedures lecture no. 3: Don't do stuff as root which you don't need to do as root. In particular, not telneting or ftping as root is a pretty good idea. It's too easy to suffer a momentary lapse and end up sending important passwords or sensitive data over the wire in clear text. Besides, all the cognoscenti are using ssh nowadays... but you've heard all this before. Matthew -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way Tel: +44 1628 476614 Marlow Fax: +44 0870 0522645 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message