On Fri, Oct 12, 2001 at 01:06:28AM -0400, dman wrote: > On Thu, Oct 11, 2001 at 01:22:06PM +0800, haheho wrote: > | Few days ago, I installed debian 2.2 r3. > | But, I can not telnet to that computer from another computer. > | Could anyone help? Tell me how should I do! Please! > > Don't use telnet -- it sends your password and all data in clear text > across the network. Any idiot with a packet sniffer will know > everything you transmit. Instead use ssh. True. ssh is a good habit.
Even on a private network, try not to login to root directly. Some common configuration blocks it. That may be something original poster encountered. :-) -- ~\^o^/~~~ ~\^.^/~~~ ~\^*^/~~~ ~\^_^/~~~ ~\^+^/~~~ ~\^:^/~~~ ~\^v^/~~~ + Osamu Aoki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, GnuPG-key: 1024D/D5DE453D + + My debian quick-reference, http://www.aokiconsulting.com/quick/ +
