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Xref: sserve comp.unix.admin:21013 comp.os.386bsd.questions:11698 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!yeshua.marcam.com!MathWorks.Com!panix!not-for-mail From: rpritz@panix.com (richard) Newsgroups: comp.unix.admin,comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: telnet security Followup-To: comp.unix.admin,comp.os.386bsd.questions Date: 20 Jul 1994 21:06:36 -0400 Organization: usenet central Lines: 20 Message-ID: <30khms$nqk@panix2.panix.com> References: <30kcmo$j0o@panix2.panix.com> <30kh2o$8db@earth.cs.utexas.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: panix2.panix.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Goran Devic (goran@cs.utexas.edu) wrote: : In article <30kcmo$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. i thought that there was a way to prevent telnet, etc access, whether or not the user knew the password. : Also, as a superuser, set up passwords for all daemons and others. this, alas, is beyond my present knowledge. can you point me to some more info? thanks