[UUG/MLUG] to telnet in as root

[Scott Greathouse <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

Jason McIntosh wrote:

> Another note:  How does one set up the system to allow ftp's from users
> into the system.  I ftp'd to my local account and was able to log on
> anonymously, yet was unable to log on with a couple of the accounts I had
> created, including the root account.  Also noted that I can't telnet to
> the site from anywhere and log in as root...Anything that can be done to
> fix that?

Allowing remote root access is bad, which is why your system's default setup
does not allow it. There is a configuration file that you can change to allow
it, but, as I said, that would be bad. A better option is to use SSH to log in
as a non-root user, then issue the "su" command to become the superuser. SSH
is probably not installed on your system right now, but it is free. There is
also at least 1 free ssh client for windows. SSH will also do a secure FTP,
but I don't know of any free Windows SSH clients that support this feature
right now. You could FTP as a regular user, then login with SSH and move the
files.
TTSSH, a free SSH extension for TeraTerm (a free terminal program for
Windows):
http://www.zip.com.au/~roca/ttssh.html
FiSSH, a free SSH client that you aren't allowed to have:
http://www.massconfusion.com/ssh/
SSH Homepage:
http://www.ssh.fi/

>
>         Just a note here: I'm a fairly new user of linux, and so don't
> have a lot of experience with it, or networking in high detail (at least,
> on linux).  So, details would be a big help....
> Thanks!!
> Jason

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