[linux-help] Re: Xinetd and friends..
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On Tuesday 16 July 2002 01:29 am, you wrote:
> The actual login is done by login, not telnetd. See the man page
> for login(1). It explains that root login is only allowed on a
> tty listed in /etc/securetty. You could open that up by adding
> pts/0, etc., but it's probably not a good idea to do so.
in adition to this comment, i would highly suggest running SSH instead of=
=20
telnet, because of the various security problems with telnet. OpenSSH is=
n't=20
completely devoid of problems, but if you're running v3.4 you should be=20
up-to-date with the security patches...
gLaNDix
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