From owner-freebsd-newbies Wed May 15 10:50:40 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mailsrv.otenet.gr (mailsrv.otenet.gr [195.170.0.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4835C37B7D5 for ; Wed, 15 May 2002 10:45:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: from hades.hell.gr (patr530-b183.otenet.gr [212.205.244.191]) by mailsrv.otenet.gr (8.12.3/8.12.3) with ESMTP id g4FHiaHL017738; Wed, 15 May 2002 20:44:37 +0300 (EEST) Received: from hades.hell.gr (hades [127.0.0.1]) by hades.hell.gr (8.12.3/8.12.3) with ESMTP id g4FHib6o065693; Wed, 15 May 2002 20:44:39 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: (from charon@localhost) by hades.hell.gr (8.12.3/8.12.3/Submit) id g4FHaIGn065625; Wed, 15 May 2002 20:36:18 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Date: Wed, 15 May 2002 20:36:18 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas To: inspector.us@omicnet.com Cc: FreeBSD Newbies Subject: Re: remote login Message-ID: <20020515173618.GC65155@hades.hell.gr> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.99i Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org In message: inspector.us@omicnet.com writes: > > I have enabled telnetd and rlogin on my FreeBSD box at home. From > work, I telnet in and get the login prompt on the BSD box, however, > my passwords don't work. What else do I need to do? Don't use Telnet. Especially if you're connecting from remote machines, that send their packets through various hosts before they finally reach your home installation. Try using SSH. -- Giorgos Keramidas - http://www.FreeBSD.org keramida@FreeBSD.org - The Power to Serve To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message