Well Dizzy, What can I say.......gulp!? I'm cowering in the corner....you meanie. BUT Hey Wait.... Thanks for the kick up the arse. I will now research sufficently before posing any further questions. Sincerly yours Leigh xxx -----Original Message----- From: dizzy73@connix.com Sent: Friday, January 08, 1999 2:47 PM To: suse-linux-e@suse.com Cc: Richardson, Leigh Subject: Re: [SuSE Linux] IRC - Ok, now what? ;) "Richardson_seaforth, Leigh" wrote:
Alan, I'm looking for a specific solution as I don't know exactly how to disable services etc in Linux. I'm scared and if there's anybody out there that can help me then ----HELP!
Leigh, this post is not directed to you specifically but in a general response to this thread Ok- I wrote a message yesterday regarding the original post/outcome of *not having root pw* after writing I said ahhh the hell with it, what does it matter my ranting directed to someone too lazy to utilize a simple root pw. Chances are... if their too incompetent to to secure the primary adm of the system AND.... connect to the net THEN be surprised someone telnetted to their box they will be deaf to suggestions of actually LEARNING anything useful about their system. How to disable services.... this was answered a few days ago is SEVERAL messages How to secure your system??? Use a root pw. Use a FW, Disable services as PREVIOUSLY described! Look in any Linux book on disabling services What vers of sendmail is secure...? The most current is the most secure. Allot of people are using linux and don't want to be bothered with having to learn/reserch/test and understand their system. What Im seeing is people wanting to be spoon fed with "just do this and your all set" a no brainer so to speak. I doesn't work that way, there are too many variables. It takes time and effort to (properly) learn and implement a Linux system, if one isn't prepared to do this I consider it a gross waste of time replying to those who don't take the system seriously. When I began with Linux most of my newbie questions went unanswered, now I understand why. My questions indicated I did not perform sufficient research and those who did the work didn't feel obliged to shared the hundreds of hours of time they spent providing me with a simple condensed answer that wont edify the newbie on what is really going on with the system. Finally those who aren't humble enough to respect those who have more experience OR expect others to do their work for them, deserve what they get. As pleasant as this list is, Im beginning to believe its too soft rob Linux Home page <A HREF="http://www.connix.com/~dizzy73/LBM.htm"><A HREF="http://www.connix.com/~dizzy73/LBM.htm</A">http://www.connix.com/~dizzy73/LBM.htm</A</A>> - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archiv at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>> - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archiv at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>>