[1794] in SIPB_Linux_Development
Re: daemons
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Derek Atkins)
Fri Sep 5 11:08:22 1997
To: Stanley Hu <stanhu@MIT.EDU>
Cc: linux-dev@MIT.EDU
From: Derek Atkins <warlord@MIT.EDU>
Date: 05 Sep 1997 11:07:43 -0400
In-Reply-To: Stanley Hu's message of Fri, 05 Sep 1997 10:08:09 -0400
Stanley Hu <stanhu@MIT.EDU> writes:
> I installed RedHat v4.2 and the Athena RPMS, but for some reason,
> /etc/athena/ftpd does not exist. Which RPM has it? (kerberized-daemons?)
This doesn't exist at all, yet. It is in place only as a placeholder
when (if?) Athena ftpd is ported to Linux.
> Additionally, /etc/athena/telnetd exists, but the daemon does not start for
> some strange reason. I think there was some socket problem in
> "getpeername" when I tried starting it manually.
Right -- RH-Athena 4.2 is access_off by default. You should add this
line to /etc/athena/reactivate.local to turn it on by default:
if [ -x /usr/athena/bin/access_on ]; then
/usr/athena/bin/access_on
fi
> I have double-checked to make sure /etc/athena/inetd.conf did not comment
> it out and reset the daemon to no avail).
Like I said, machines are access_off by default unless you change
them. This is a security precaution to help limit Linux breakin
attempts against machines whose owners didn't realize that others
could telnet in.
> At least the athena-xlogin "initscripts" dependency has been fixed.
Good :)
> Thanks.
You're welcome.
-derek
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