Re: Remote Logins

[Kent West <westk@acu.edu>]

Tobias Giesen wrote:

> Hello,
>
> this is probably not ppc-specific, but anyway:
>
> Since my Debian Mac is on a LAN only, I want to enable all those
> insecure things like telnet and remote logins and X-Terminal access.
>
> I already installed rsh-client and rsh-server but the system is still
> "actively refusing" any telnet or rsh attempts over the LAN.
>
>  
"apt-get install telnetd" to install the telnet daemon. If you still 
can't telnet in (you won't be able to as 'root'), you'll probably have 
to play with /etc/hosts.allow and /etc/hosts.deny. Another place to look 
is in /etc/services and /etc/inetd.conf.

Kent