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Xref: sserve comp.unix.admin:21064 comp.os.386bsd.questions:11729 Newsgroups: comp.unix.admin,comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!agate!ames!purdue!mozo.cc.purdue.edu!staff.cc.purdue.edu!spm From: spm@staff.cc.purdue.edu (Sean McDermott) Subject: Re: telnet security Sender: news@mozo.cc.purdue.edu (USENET News) Message-ID: <CtGEwz.AE7@mozo.cc.purdue.edu> Date: Sun, 24 Jul 1994 16:53:23 GMT References: <30kcmo$j0o@panix2.panix.com> <30kh2o$8db@earth.cs.utexas.edu> <30khms$nqk@panix2.panix.com> Organization: Purdue University Lines: 30 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 > >: 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? Put a * in the password field. The user then can never log in. ie : falcon:*:32766:31:Prof. Steven &:/usr/games:/usr/games/wargames -- spm@staff.cc.purdue.edu | Consultant At Large. Sean McDermott | CS 250/251 TG300 STAT PSY 120 AKA SPAM. | FreeBSD Rules -- Run it instead of DOS