Date: Mon, 1 Mar 1999 16:45:35 -0600 (CST) From: Jack Winslade <jsw@cywub.sitel.net> To: jonc@pinnacle.co.nz (Jonathan Chen) Cc: wharton@burnit.net, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Disabling Telnet Message-ID: <199903012245.WAA25108@cywub.sitel.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SC5.4.10.9903021132340.18087-100000@kiwi.pinnacle.co.nz> from "Jonathan Chen" at Mar 2, 99 11:34:23 am
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> > I was wondering if anyone could tell me how I can prevent users from > > telneting in without disabling FTP access as well. I want people to be > > able to FTP in and update their websites, but not be able to TELNET in. > > > > I already tried setting their shell to /sbin/nologin, but that disables > > FTP access as well. Thank you very much in advance for any advice. > > You could comment out the telnetd entry in /etc/inetd.conf, but that > will restrict you to console logins and connected terminals. One old trick (security through obscurity) is to reassign the telnet port to something other than the default. YMMV as to how secure this *really* is. Good day JSW To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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