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From: goran@cs.utexas.edu (Goran Devic)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.admin,comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: telnet security
Date: 20 Jul 1994 19:55:52 -0500
Organization: CS Dept, University of Texas at Austin
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In article <30kcmo$j0o@panix2.panix.com>, richard <rpritz@panix.com> wrote:
>what do i do to make an account not accessible from telnet or ftp? i
>assume it's one of the /etc files.  i'm using freebsd
>
>thanks

Hmm.  If you set up passwords (? /etc/passwd ) nobody would be able 
to rush into your mashine.
Also, as a superuser, set up passwords for all daemons and others.

hope this helps, 
Goran



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