[PLUG] disabling telnet login

peter pweber1@purdue.edu
Wed, 2 Feb 2000 22:11:37 -0500 (EST)


that's odd, i tried that before and i couldn't telnet into my machine, but
it worked this time.. <scratches head>

thanks!
peter

On Wed, 2 Feb 2000, Matt Wallace wrote:

> Just comment out the telnet section in /etc/inetd.conf.  For r* services
> comment out those sections too.. This shouldn't affect outgoing traffic.
> 
> Matt
> 
> On Wed, 2 Feb 2000, peter wrote:
> 
> > i just recently got ssh up and running on my box, and i'd like to disable
> > remote logins via telnet and rlogin (and other less secure means).. i've
> > been able to disable telnet entirely, but i still want to be able to
> > telnet out.. how do i do this?
> > 
> > thanks,
> > peter
> >