Re: [cobalt-users] SSH and Telnet on a Qube3

[Marc Anthony Pierre Barrette <marcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

chenage the /etc/passwd : shell entry to a valid shell


Parker Morse wrote:
> 
> I'm continuing my efforts to tighten down security on my Qube3. I just
> installed Taco's OpenSSH 3.0.2 pkg, for one thing. I'm trying to get to a
> point where I can turn off telnetd completely, of course. But here's my
> problem.
> 
> With Telnet turned off completely, I am able to get a shell via SSH ONLY as
> admin. If I open an SSH connection as an unprivileged user, the Qube says,
> "Telnet not permitted" and closes the connection. Well, sure Telnet's not
> permitted, that was the point. But why can't I open a shell that's not
> Telnet?
> 
> Another data point: with the admin SSH window open, I tried su-ing to an
> unprivileged user. Same error.
> 
> I found someone else asking the same question in the archives; the answer
> was: "You has to set Shell-access for the user in site/serveradmin." Maybe
> I'm a little dense, but I need some more explanation for that to be helpful
> to me. It does sound likely that I need to modify a config file somewhere.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> pjm
> 
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