Re: stop users telnet - fun ...

hey... i've done that too... ( changed the deamon to that similar script ) and the comment, "if you really need to get access...you should already know how to do it" and the other comment to add... please use ssh instead ... and boy do some people get annoyed when they get that message ...

Re: stop users telnet

hi ya Mike setup /etc/hosts.allow and /etc/hosts.deny cat /etc/hosts.deny # turn everything off ALL: ALL cat /etc/hosts.allow # allow only your ip# to telnet in in.telnetd: 192.168.1.1 10.0.1.1 restart inetd for those changes to take effect -- taking out

Re: stop users telnet

Use /bin/false as the users' shell, or alternatively write your own (more informative) one to tell them what's up: #!/usr/bin/perl -w print "Sorry... Mike doesn't want you logging into this machine.\n"; exit 1; - Andrew J. Perrin - Ass

stop users telnet

Hi all...   I have a bunch of users on my linux box that have access to some samba shares ftp to their home directoriesetc...   What do you suggest I do to stop them from accessing the system via telnet or ssh? (just in case some of them are curiousdon't want them looking in /etc