On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 12:20 PM, Alan McKinnon <alan.mckin...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wednesday 17 December 2008 20:59:54 Mick wrote: >> On Wednesday 17 December 2008, Dale wrote: >> > Mark Knecht wrote: >> > >> > I know I had webmin installed for a long time but rarely used it. I >> > just couldn't remember if I used it for setting up printing from windoze >> > or not. >> >> A friend is running webmin on a server and it makes setting up some >> services (like CUPS) easier to visualise/understand. However, the login >> into webmin is set up with the root passwd. This on an Internet facing >> port is making me nervous, but he is sooo attached to GUI solutions I >> cannot convince him that ssh is all he needs. > > Have you tried using a clue by 4[1] on him? > > It's the tried and trusty Unix tool developed for this very use case > > > Best demonstrated by pwning his box with a brute-force attack, followed by the > spoken word "See?" > > -- > alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com > > Gawd I love good Linux lists with cool contributors. There is so much for me to learn!
What the heck is "a clue by 4[1]"? I suspect this is a dumb question but I freely admit that I'm.... Oh, no I don't! ;-) - Mark
