hi michael, ok thanks for explaning that. I had heard of ssh but, hadn't ever tried it out. I willg give this a try. thanks again. charles On Wed, 12 Dec 2001, Mike Gorse wrote: > Charles, > > If telnet is enabled on a Linux system, then a user can telnet to it and > log in if they have a valid user-id and password. It would be equivalent > to the login procedure you get when logging into your shell account. > > It is generally better to use ssh rather than telnet since ssh, unlike > telnet, does not send your password in clear text over the internet, so a > cracker on a network somewhere between you and your destination cannot > easily "sniff" your password. > > As far as controlling access goes, all files and directories have read, > write, and execute permissions. Each file or directory is owned by a user > and group (a group may contain one or more users) and has permissions > stored for its user, group, and the rest of the world. > > --Michael Gorse / ICQ:22583968 / http://mgorse.home.dhs.org > > On Wed, 12 Dec 2001, cbowman wrote: > > > hi, ok your talking about servers has given me an idea. i heard it said > > that in linux that you could telnet right to somebody elt's computer is > > there a way to controle how much access they have, or is it just a matter > > of trust? > > thanks alot > > charles > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list >