topic Re: ROOT cann't able to telnet , ftp in Operating System - Linux

ROOT cann't able to telnet , ftp

dhamodharan_1 — Thu, 06 Apr 2006 08:48:51 GMT

Hi team,

Iam using RHEL4 , I have enabled the telnet and ftp services , but I cann't able to do telnet login and ftp login , What changes i have to made to access it.

Thanks

Re: ROOT cann't able to telnet , ftp

cedber — Thu, 06 Apr 2006 09:08:22 GMT

xinetd ?

Re: ROOT cann't able to telnet , ftp

Bill Thorsteinson — Thu, 06 Apr 2006 09:15:02 GMT

Root should not be able to telnet or ftp.
Root access is typically disabled for
security reasons.

Use ssh, scp, and sftp for root access
if needed.

Install and configure sudo to allow
admin user to connect using their ids
and switch to root access when required.

Re: ROOT cann't able to telnet , ftp

Ivan Ferreira — Thu, 06 Apr 2006 09:35:07 GMT

This is normal, by default, root cannot do ftp or telnet.

Use ssh to access as root, yet is not recommended.

Use scp to transfer the files. Or change the /etc/vsftpd/ftpusers or /etc/vsftpd/user_list to enable ftp access for root.

Re: ROOT cann't able to telnet , ftp

Vitaly Karasik_1 — Thu, 06 Apr 2006 10:24:16 GMT

if you really want to enable telnet for root, change /etc/securetty file by adding

pts/0
pts/1
pts/2

As far as I remember, deleting /etc/securetty will work too.

Rgds,
Vitaly

Re: ROOT cann't able to telnet , ftp

Sung Oh — Thu, 06 Apr 2006 12:34:19 GMT

Hello,

you can create a user otherthen root on your server and use new user's login to telnet into the server and change user to root. Or, just use SSH for root login to your server.

Sung

Re: ROOT cann't able to telnet , ftp

SJO EGGER — Thu, 06 Apr 2006 12:50:41 GMT

comment out this line in /etc/pam.d/login like this:

#auth required pam_securetty.so