Raphael Mankin wrote:
On 07-Oct-99 Laurie Brown wrote:
Ok folks, quick question.
I succeeded in making a linux box a dial-in system, and it authenticates and all that a treat. However, I want to telnet in over the dialled-in connection, and can't, and I want to use X (X-Win32) and can't. I'm sure I'm forgetting something simple, but can't think what. Clues gratefully received!
What are you dialling in with and what are you respondign with? Is it PPP/SLIP at both ends, or are you dropping straight into a shell?
I'm using ppp. I have a special user set up with a shell of /usr/bin/ppd. Authentication is done against /etc/passwd. All other users are excluded vis pap-secrets.
Assuming that you ahve a PPP/SLip link, can you ping over it?
Yes. I can ping the box I'm dialling into, and myself on the assigned IP address I've set up in ppp.options. I can also ftp into it withput problem
Do hosts.allow/hosts.deny permit telnet?
Yeah. Well, it works, but I have no idea why!
Is telnet enabled in inetd.conf?
Yep.
X over a dial-up line will be painful. It is bad enough on my ADSL link, but then I do tend to run several sessions simultaneously ;-)
I know. The priciple use of the PC is to allow dial-in access to a LAN with firewalling and some degree of security. Mostly, I ubderstand, it'll be used for ftp. However, the bloke (a mate) will need X because he knows sod-all about Linux!
Cheers, Laurie.
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