Topic: telnet security

[Gerald Jansen]

I seem to be missing something with telnet. I have the security permission set to
public. However when I telnet in and attemp to login as admin. I immediately get a
host disconnect. What am I missing? TIA


Jerry

[Gerald Jansen]

When I log in as a normal user I get the following:

"Standard User Login Services have been disabled
you may access e-smith server and gateway services
such as POP and SMTP using virtual private networking
or port forwarding"

does this mean reqular telnet sessions are not enabled?

[Kim Morrison]

Hi Gerald,

"Admin" is not a regular login account but you can log in as root with the system password.  

Normal users get a special shell called "sshell", intended for retrieving email using SSH port forwarding.  If you want them to be able to log in normally, you can edit the /etc/passwd file and change the shell from "/bin/sshell" to "/bin/bash" which will enable normal log in.

Good luck!

Kim

[Clement Dupuis]

You could also look at your /etc/hosts.deny and /etc/hosts.allow to see if it is permitted by TCP wrappers.

Clement