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Date:      Tue, 15 Apr 1997 21:02:26 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Dahc@Phoenixnet.net
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Broke my telnetd??
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.970415210017.13247D-100000@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <v01540b02af77adbcae14@[156.46.127.50]>

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On Mon, 14 Apr 1997 Dahc@Phoenixnet.net wrote:

> I attempted to change to many options at once I guess and got in a little
> over my head. I have tried undoing everthing I did but I still get this
> error message when I try to telnet into my FreeBSD 2.2.1 machine, wether it
> be from a different machine or if I just try to telneting it to itself.
> Heres what I get.
> 
> #> telnet 127.0.0.1
> Trying 127.0.0.1
> Connected to 127.0.0.1
> Escape character is '^]'.
> 
> login: -h option: Operation not permitted
> Connection closed by foreign host.
> #>
> 
> any ideas on what I did??

Make sure that login is suid root, and telnet is run as root in
/etc/inetd.conf.

telnet  stream  tcp     nowait  root    /usr/libexec/telnetd    telnetd

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major




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