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Re: Authentication for telnet.



	Hi.

On Sat, Sep 28, 2019 at 08:15:07AM -0700, peter@easthope.ca wrote:
> Opening a terminal emulator in default configuration on localhost, 
> LXTerminal for example, doesn't require authentication.  Can telnet
> work similarly?  Ie. "telnet localhost" succeeds without login.
> 
> Can  this be accomplished by configuration of PAM ?

telnetd(8), "-a" and "-L" parameters. No PAM configuration required.

But your request seems to be awfully close to (in)famous A/B problem, so
I have to ask - what are you trying to achieve?

Reco


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