Re: telnet with root

On Tue, Feb 25, 2003 at 09:39:43PM -0600, Rodolfo J. Paiz wrote: > While this is definitely true, I would still recommend the use of SSH. > After all: > > [...] > > o scp is a wonderful tool for computer-to-computer copying Don't forget sftp, unlike scp, sftp lets you browse and otherwise poke

Re: telnet with root

John Nichel wrote: Curious hereif I telnet into my system as a regular user, then su to root, aren't I sending my password in plain text across the network? [...] yes. if someone was running tool like ettercap or dsniff or just any general password sniffer, they'll see your telnet traffic

Re: telnet with root

On Tue, 2003-02-25 at 08:50, Ed Wilts wrote: > It's only a security problem if there is any chance that the packets are > going over an untrusted network. Within a home environment and where > telnet is blocked at the firewall, there is no real reason why telnet > could not be safely used. While

Re: telnet with root

John Nichel wrote: So it doesn't really matter if you allow root to telnet in, if you're going to just su to root once you're logged inpassword is passed in either case. Maybe this is the reason that most sysadmins I know don't allow telnet for any account...only ssh. There are two advantag

Re: telnet with root

On Tue, Feb 25, 2003 at 12:26:00PM -0600, John Nichel wrote: > Curious hereif I telnet into my system as a regular user, then su to > root, aren't I sending my password in plain text across the network? Yep - you sure are. Thats why ssh is always the preferred way to login remotely, even whe

Re: telnet with root

So it doesn't really matter if you allow root to telnet in, if you're going to just su to root once you're logged inpassword is passed in either case. Maybe this is the reason that most sysadmins I know don't allow telnet for any account...only ssh. Dave Young wrote: On Tuesday 25 February

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f the most overlooked advantages to computers is... If they do foul up, there's no law against whacking them around a little."-- Joe Martin -Original Message- From: John Nichel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2003 1:26 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subj

Re: telnet with root

On Tuesday 25 February 2003 10:26 am, John Nichel wrote: > Curious hereif I telnet into my system as a regular user, then su to > root, aren't I sending my password in plain text across the network? yep. -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.re

Re: Message truncated at single period (was: telnet with root)

On Tue, Feb 25, 2003 at 01:27:06PM -0500, Anthony E. Greene wrote: > > Another explanation could be that whatever RedHat is using to filter posts > > to the lists may have tripped on it. Seems more likely? > > I seem to remember this being a bug in the list software. Archive search > anyone? I'

Re: telnet with root

Curious hereif I telnet into my system as a regular user, then su to root, aren't I sending my password in plain text across the network? Jeff Kinz wrote: On Tue, Feb 25, 2003 at 03:41:28PM +0100, Vincent Couvreur wrote: I use Redhat 8.0 When i want to telnet my server with the user root, it

Re: Message truncated at single period (was: telnet with root)

Jeff Kinz wrote: Another explanation could be that whatever RedHat is using to filter posts to the lists may have tripped on it. Seems more likely? I seem to remember this being a bug in the list software. Archive search anyone? Tony -- Anthony E. Greene OpenPGP Key:

Re: telnet with root

On Tue, Feb 25, 2003 at 12:46:57PM -0500, Anthony E. Greene wrote: > Jeff Kinz wrote: > > Looks like my original post got truncated at the first "." alone as the first > > char on a line. -- (trivia question everyone - why did this happen? );-) > > It shouldn't. It's a bug in the way your mail so

Re: telnet with root

Jeff Kinz wrote: Looks like my original post got truncated at the first "." alone as the first char on a line. -- (trivia question everyone - why did this happen? );-) It shouldn't. It's a bug in the way your mail sofware is implementing RFC2821/RFC2822. A single period marks the end of transmiss

Re: telnet with root

On Tue, Feb 25, 2003 at 05:08:37PM +0100, Vincent Couvreur wrote: > In my securetty i 've already have : > And it does not work > - Original Message - Hi Vince, Looks like my original post got truncated at the first "." alone as the first char on a line. -- (trivia question everyone - why d

RE: telnet with root

From: Vincent Couvreur [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2003 11:09 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: telnet with root In my securetty i 've already have : vc/1 vc/2 vc/3 ... tty1 tty2 tty3 tty4 .. And it does not work - Original Message - F

RE: telnet with root

003 11:09 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: telnet with root In my securetty i 've already have : vc/1 vc/2 vc/3 ... tty1 tty2 tty3 tty4 .. And it does not work - Original Message - From: "Jeff Kinz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tues

Re: telnet with root

In my securetty i 've already have : vc/1 vc/2 vc/3 ... tty1 tty2 tty3 tty4 .. And it does not work - Original Message - From: "Jeff Kinz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2003 4:10 PM Subject: Re: telnet with root >

Re: telnet with root

On Wed, 2003-02-26 at 00:11, Vincent Couvreur wrote: > I use Redhat 8.0 > When i want to telnet my server with the user root, it says me that > it' s a "Login incorrect". > > But when i use another user, it's ok. > > I know it's for a pb of security, but can you tell me how to do it. > > Than

Re: telnet with root

On Tue, Feb 25, 2003 at 03:41:28PM +0100, Vincent Couvreur wrote: > I use Redhat 8.0 > When i want to telnet my server with the user root, it says me that it' s a "Login > incorrect". > > But when i use another user, it's ok. > > I know it's for a pb of security, but can you tell me how to do it

Re: telnet with root

On Tue, Feb 25, 2003 at 03:41:28PM +0100, Vincent Couvreur wrote: > When i want to telnet my server with the user root, it says me that it' s a "Login > incorrect". man securetty > I know it's for a pb of security, but can you tell me how to do it. It's only a security problem if there is any c

telnet with root

I use Redhat 8.0 When i want to telnet my server with the user root, it says me that it' s a "Login incorrect".   But when i use another user, it's ok.   I know it's for a pb of security, but can you tell me how to do it.   Thanks