brad@aerospace.aero.org (Bradley A. West) (06/25/91)
I'm sure this is a dumb question but I can't seem to answer it for
myself.
I need to know how to turn off NCSA Telnet 2.3's ftp access userid and
password back to my mac. In the documentation it says refer to
"chapter~9" for configuring Telnet's password mode, but all the
documentation I get only goes to chapter 8. I have Telnet for the PC
also and there it briefly mentions the Mac's config file in the system
folder and TelPass, both of which I have. I can neither get Telnet to
recognize a password file nor disable password checking altogether (my
ultimate goal)
How do I do it?
Hep me! Hep me! Hep Me!
Thanks,
Brad
Brad West "They say the secret of success is being
brad@aerospace.aero.org at the right place at the right time.
bwest@nunki.usc.edu But since you never know when the right
TIME is going to be, I figure the trick
is to find the right PLACE and just hang
around!" - Calvinowen@astro.washington.edu (06/26/91)
In article <1991Jun24.232346.22119@aero.org> brad@aerospace.aero.org (Bradley A. West) writes: >I'm sure this is a dumb question but I can't seem to answer it for >myself. >I need to know how to turn off NCSA Telnet 2.3's ftp access userid and >password back to my mac... It is MUCH safer to use do ftp using an ftp client, such as XFerIt or HyperFTP (both available from sumex-aim). You are trying to set your Mac up as an ftp server, and worse, you want to enable the whole world to log in and do anything they like with your files. This is asking to be screwed. Anyway, all this kind of thing is done by editing "config.tel": ftp=yes enables the NCSA Telnet server ("no" disables it; that's what I use) passfile="name-of-file" looks for the named password file in your system folder; comment out this line if you insist on disabling password checking Finally, if you insist on having an ftp file server, check out VersaTerm. It's cheap, and it includes a nice ftp server that allows you to have some accounts be read-only, and others be read-write. It also has an ftp client -- a bit rough around the edges yet, but it does work. -- Russell owen@astro.washington.edu
brad@aero.org (Bradley A. West) (06/26/91)
In article <1991Jun25.212024.26371@milton.u.washington.edu> owen@astro.washington.edu writes: >In article <1991Jun24.232346.22119@aero.org> brad@aerospace.aero.org (Bradley >A. West) writes: >>I'm sure this is a dumb question but I can't seem to answer it for >>myself. >>I need to know how to turn off NCSA Telnet 2.3's ftp access userid and >>password back to my mac... > >It is MUCH safer to use do ftp using an ftp client, such as XFerIt or HyperFTP >(both available from sumex-aim). You are trying to set your Mac up as an >ftp server, and worse, you want to enable the whole world to log in and >do anything they like with your files. This is asking to be screwed. >Anyway, all this kind of thing is done by editing "config.tel": >ftp=yes enables the NCSA Telnet server ("no" disables it; that's what I >use) >passfile="name-of-file" looks for the named password file in your system >folder; > comment out this line if you insist on disabling password checking >Finally, if you insist on having an ftp file server, check out VersaTerm. >It's cheap, and it includes a nice ftp server that allows you to have >some accounts be read-only, and others be read-write. It also has an ftp >client -- a bit rough around the edges yet, but it does work. Actually, the only thing I was trying to do was log into our new 486 running SCO Unix V and initiate an ftp session so I could transfer CAP to the 486. True, after logging in and issuing the FTP command, my Mac became a server and that's where I wanted to disable the userid and password information. Otherwise, I was not able to fetch files from the Mac sending them to the 486. I've started up Telnet on my Mac and tried to FTP to it from a PC running Telnet and from the Unix machine but that doesn't work, so I don't think I'm any trouble of being screwed just yet. I'd love to be able to use it as a server as well though. Currently our network consists of my Mac, two PC's, a Novell fileserver, the Unix 486 and a LaserWriter. Until the communications people see fit to make the last little connection for us to be on the company's large network, I'll be happy with this secure little setup. Brad Brad West "They say the secret of success is being brad@aerospace.aero.org at the right place at the right time. bwest@nunki.usc.edu But since you never know when the right TIME is going to be, I figure the trick is to find the right PLACE and just hang around!" - Calvin