[Lias] telnet

[Leon Brooks]

On Mon, 5 Apr 2004 14:16, Kirty Bhalla wrote:
> I am able to telnet with normal user on linux 2.1.whereas when I try
> to telnet with root.It gives me login incorrect.
> Does anyone have any suggestions.

Um, don't use telnet?

It's hopelessly insecure as it stands, let alone with the root password 
sniffable within a few packets of the start of a connection.

Use ssh (SecureSHell) instead.

On MS Windows, PuTTY does an excellent job of being a client for both 
ssh and telnet protocols. Even using ssh, I am loathe to enable direct 
root login. Just type "su" once you're logged in and then the root 
password.

If you use ssh, you can scp stuff to and fro (in Konqueror, type 
fish://username:password@hostname and see what happens) without opening 
up any more services, and the MS Windows program WinSCP does a 
creditable job of mimicking Konq in Windows Explorer style.

Cheers; Leon

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