Subject: Re: networking with mol/molvconfig
From: David Block (dblock@gene.pbi.nrc.ca)
Date: Tue Nov 07 2000 - 11:03:06 MST
Agreed - that's what I do.
On Tue, 7 Nov 2000, David Wagner wrote:
> 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
>
>
-- David Block dblock@gene.pbi.nrc.ca http://bioinfo.pbi.nrc.ca/dblock/wiki Plant Biotechnology Institute National Research Council of Canada Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
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