On Tue, Nov 07, 2000 at 08:28:06PM +1100, Damien wrote: > > it's not imperitive. debian is half locked down by default. until you become > competent in linux, chances are you won't stand to lose much.
simplest thing to do is make sure this line exists in /etc/apt/sources.list: deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security/ potato/updates main contrib and run: apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade regularly, that way you get all security fixes installed. > probably the biggest start, though: > > as root, edit /etc/inittab, and put a # at the start of every line that > doesn't already have one. you can then uncomment the services you want as you > go. this file controls stuff like telnet, ftp etc. ack, i think you mean /etc/inetd.conf not /etc/inittab. don't mess with inittab until you really know what your doing!! -- Ethan Benson http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/
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