Re: Telent

[Sebastiaan <sebas@sacred-key.org>]

Hi,
if you really need to log in as root via telnet, you must add a line in 
/etc/securetty and add:
pts/0	for only one connection
pts/1  	for a second connection
etc.

However, this is unsecure. For maintenance, use ssh instead (and do not
add the lines given above). If you need to acces the computer from a
windoze platform, use Putty, a client way better than the windoze one and
also ssh.
For install you can use:
# apt-get install ssh

this should install the daemon and client.

Greetz,
Sebastiaan


On Wed, 22 Nov 2000, Trainer wrote:

> I have a question. Is there some configuration that I need to make in order to telnet in to my Linux box. I have a static ip, and i can log on locally. I have the gateway configured. I get the log in thru telnet and enter root and then password. Everytime I get incorrect login I know this is not correct because i can log in locally. Can i use root to log in? I very new to Linux and Debian and need some advice.
> 
> Thanks in advance
> 
> Jeff D
>