Telnetting

morbo · 12-10-2001, 05:48 PM

I have the telnet service running ok, I can connect fine, but when I try to login as root I get a login incorrect. I have tried 'telnet localhost' from the actual host machine, and recieve this error, as well as when trying to telnet in from another box on the network.

I am sure the password is correct-because when I start the box the password logs me in fine.

I'm a complete newb to linux so if there is anything other than starting the telnet service I need to do-please let me know =)

Thanks a ton,
Jeff

acid_kewpie · 12-10-2001, 06:05 PM

you can't log in as root over telnet, as it's deemed too insecure.

it's possible to enable it, but it's not recommended.

if you really want to reduce your security then you can adding the lines to /etc/securetty:

...
pts/0
pts/1
pts/2
...
pts/10

but as i said, it's not recommended

morbo · 12-10-2001, 06:10 PM

Ok, I basically want to administer the webserver remotely-and be able to have root permissions. How would I go about setting up a shell account that would allow me to admin the system remotely from either a telnet or SSH connection?

acid_kewpie · 12-10-2001, 06:16 PM

well, either telnet as a normal user, and then su locally (not nice really but it'll work fine) or yeah, install ssh on the server. ssh is vastly more secure than telnet, so you're fine logging in as root. there are still various ways to hack it, but they're much harder etc... just install the server. i'd recommend openssh, and it should work uot of the box really.