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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