Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2000 09:55:19 -0500 (CDT) From: Joshua Barker <phire@jigaboos.com> To: Joel Bjork <u98jobj@stud.hh.se> Cc: Wagner <wagner@ustr.net>, freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: Brand New Installed FreeBSD, need Telnet Access. Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96K.1000915095458.1215A-100000@ns1.jigaboos.com> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.000915084939.u98jobj@stud.hh.se>
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heh who cares. just enable telnet when you need to use it.. also how is telnet rootable? On Fri, 15 Sep 2000, Joel Bjork wrote: > > On 14-Sep-00 Wagner wrote: > > Hi, I just installed a FreeBSD Unix to this new machine. > > <SNIP> > > > What files at the new UNIX do I need to change and configure IP's, etc., > > to make it remotely available via telnet? > > > > Do not use telnet, it is very insecure and what you are talking about > requires superuser access. Use SSH instead, it's pretty much the encrypted > counterpart of Telnet. SSH is in the portcollection, I would recommend going > with ssh or Openssh, not ssh2 since I've heard a lot of bad things about it. > You probably want to add the user to the group wheel so he can use su and or > install sudo to make his life even easier. > > If you go with ssh you shouldn't have to do anything with the unixbox as long > as you have connectivity to the Internet. > > > I am sorry, I am just a novice at Unix (unfortunately), but dealing with > > PC's since 1984. I am starting to like Unix, I doesn't have those nasty > > blue screens... :) > > > > Thanks a lot. > > > > Chris. > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > > ---------------------------------- > E-Mail: Joel Bjork <u98jobj@stud.hh.se> > Date: 15-Sep-00 > Time: 08:49:39 > ---------------------------------- > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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