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Xref: sserve comp.unix.admin:21062 comp.os.386bsd.questions:11728 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!agate!library.ucla.edu!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!MathWorks.Com!zombie.ncsc.mil!cs.umd.edu!sdd.comsat.com!ctd.comsat.com!ntd.comsat.com!sathya From: sathya@ntd.comsat.com (Sathya) Newsgroups: comp.unix.admin,comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: telnet security Date: 22 Jul 1994 11:45:00 GMT Organization: COMSAT Labs Lines: 22 Distribution: world Message-ID: <30obfs$5t4@wiley.ctd.comsat.com> References: <30kcmo$j0o@panix2.panix.com> <30kh2o$8db@earth.cs.utexas.edu> <30khms$nqk@panix2.panix.com> Reply-To: sathya@ntd.comsat.com NNTP-Posting-Host: vega.ntd.comsat.com In article <30khms$nqk@panix2.panix.com>, rpritz@panix.com (richard) writes: |> Goran Devic (goran@cs.utexas.edu) wrote: |> : In article <30kcmo$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 |> |> this, alas, is beyond my present knowledge. can you point me to some more |> info? |> |> thanks Comment out the telnet entry in /etc/inetd.conf Sathya -- finger sathya@birch.ee.vt.edu or sathya@digres4.dal.ee.vt.edu for PGP public key