Date: Sat, 7 Feb 2004 14:10:51 +1030 From: Malcolm Kay <malcolm.kay@internode.on.net> To: darryl@osborne-ind.com, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: 5.1 & telnet Message-ID: <200402071410.51585.malcolm.kay@internode.on.net> In-Reply-To: <003201c3eccb$ca1b5150$0701a8c0@darryl> References: <003201c3eccb$ca1b5150$0701a8c0@darryl>
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On Sat, 7 Feb 2004 02:40, Darryl Hoar wrote: > Greetings, > I have tried to get putty configured to access my 5.1 release box using > SSH. No joy, and I'm quite tired of trying. > > I tried to enable telnet on my 5.1 box. Uncommented inetd.conf line, a= nd > verified that the services line was in place. I tried to connect to t= he > box > with telnet and got a connection refused. Even rebooted the box with t= he > same result. > > I am accessing this box on my internal network, and my firewall blocks > the telnet port, so I'm not worried about outside access. So, telnet w= ill > get me by for now. > > Any ideas what's wrong ? > You do realise that both ssh and telnet connections targeting 'root' are refused by default? Malcolm=20
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