[TriLUG] a simple question

[Roy Vestal]

Yes, sshd is on by default. If during the install a "medium" firewall was
chosen, ssh ports accept ssh/sftp requests. Syntax for ssh:

Encrypted ssh shell (telnet): ssh user at hostname .If current username is the
same as the machine you are connecting to, simply: ssh hostname

Encrypted sftp using ssh: sftp user at hostname .If current username is the
same as the machine you are connecting to, simply: sftp hostname

Please note you do not need ftp turned on if you use sftp portion of sshd.
It's a secure ftp. I'd recommend you try ssh and sftp first.

If you are connecting from a windows box, you can use Tera Term Pro w/SSH or
PuTTy. They both are free and support ssh.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Hedemark" <chrish at trilug.org>
To: <trilug at trilug.org>
Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2003 7:15 PM
Subject: Re: [TriLUG] a simple question


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> On Tuesday, June 3, 2003, at 09:39 AM, Ian Zhang wrote:
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> > I have installed Red Hat 8.  How do I enable ftp and telnet access on
> > my own machine?
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> ftp:
> * vi /etc/xinetd.d/wu-ftpd
> * change "disable = yes" to "disable = no"
> * service xinetd restart
>
> telnet:
> This is one of those things where grizzled old sysadmins usually say if
> you have to ask, then you probably don't understand the security
> implications and shouldn't be told.  Telnet is evil.  99.999% of people
> don't really have a viable excuse to enable it.  sshd is probably
> already there, and should be used instead.
>
>
> - --
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> Chris Hedemark
> UNIX / Linux / BSD / Mac OS X / Windows consulting available.  No job
> too small!
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