Subject: Re: networking with mol/molvconfig
From: David Wagner (wagner@math.uh.edu)
Date: Tue Nov 07 2000 - 09:59:11 MST
on 11/7/00 9:33 AM, David Block at dblock@gene.pbi.nrc.ca wrote:
>> - from MOL, I couldn't connect by ftp (Fetch) as root. Is that
>> normal? Is there a direct way out? Of course, I can upload files to
>> LinuxPPC under a username and then move the files as superuser under
>> LinuxPPC, but isn't there a more direct solution?
>
> You don't want to allow ftp access to root. It is a _big_ security
> hole. It's better for your system to do it the hard way.
I agree. But it is simple enough to use ssh instead of telnet and scp
instead of ftp. On the Mac side, use Nifty-Telnet ssh. In linux, run
sshd. Read the man page, and you should be all set.
David Wagner
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