Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1998 20:13:59 -0400 (EDT) From: "James A. Mutter" <jmutter@devrycols.edu> To: "Gene Byers Jr." <BYERS@OIR.STATE.SC.US> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: telnetd question Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.02.9810122013010.22712-100000@insomnia.local.net> In-Reply-To: <s621d56c.098@gw.state.sc.us>
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> I'm kinda new to unix and FreeBSD, and I was wondering if you might have any ideas about a problem I'm having with telnet. > > I have my secondary DNS running on FreeBSD. When I try to telnet into it, it gives me the login prompt, but when I enter the correct password, it tells me the password is incorrect and prompts me with another login prompt. > > Do you have any ideas? You're not trying to log in as root over telnet are you? It sounds like you may be. If you are, that's no-no. Log in as a regular user and then 'su' to root. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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