I have just installed FreeBSD 8.1 as a VMWare host and can establish ipv4 connectivity to the instance and telnet
through the virtual console. I have also uncommented the /etc/inetd.conf
lines
telnet stream tcp nowait root /usr/libexec/telnetd telnetd
telnet stream tcp6 nowait root /usr/libexec/telnetd telnetd
When I login without telnet via new virtual console terminals with login: root
and password
the default of empty, the login is accepted.
However, when I login remotely via telnet, I am prompted exactly the same as before, except for an additional first line that reads (freebsd.westell.com) (pts/0)
. I use the same login of root
as before but get login incorrect
message. What is missing here to successfully login to a telnet session?
For example, root
is the only user currently, am I missing adduser
?
Alternatively, if someone can show how to configure SSH and login remotely on FreeBSD 8.1, in <
5 easy steps which spell out exactly which configuration files and lines need to be edited, I'll take that. I haven't found this in their documentation.