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If I'd like to allow certain remote hosts to log into my linux box, how do I specify those hosts (i.e. allow remote login)? Can I type a command from a bash shell or do I save the name/ip, username of remote host in some file, and if so, which one is it and how can I specify? Please let me know.
You would put their hostnames (or ip addresses) in /etc/hosts.allow and put ALL:ALL in /etc/hosts.deny
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>What service ftp etc. are you trying to stop allow access to ?
>And what linux distro are you using ?
I'm just trying to allow ssh access from my windows box(say, hostname windows) to my linux box and was trying to setup the linux box to accept such incoming connection. In my windows box, when I initiate an ssh connection to linux, I'll be needing a login name and a password. This needs to be set up in linux, right? How would I do that?
I'm using FedoraCoreI
>But thats just for indet.d and xinet.d services.
What do you mean by that? You mean what I said above doesn't apply to /etc/host.allow and /etc/host.deny?
>And what linux distro are you using ?
I'm just trying to allow ssh access from my windows box(say, hostname windows) to my linux box and was trying to setup the linux box to accept such incoming connection. In my windows box, when I initiate an ssh connection to linux, I'll be needing a login name and a password. This needs to be set up in linux, right? How would I do that?
I'm using FedoraCoreI
>But thats just for indet.d and xinet.d services.
What do you mean by that? You mean what I said above doesn't apply to /etc/host.allow and /etc/host.deny?
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Thanks for the detailed explanation. I'll see what I can do.
You dont have to do a computer specific account to allow/disallow access you can as its described above access this account from anyware.
If you want to just be be able to access the sshd from you linuc computrer you have to block it in your firewall.
do you have a firewall running at this moment ?
If you want help setting up the rule just post back.
/Rob
If you want to just be be able to access the sshd from you linuc computrer you have to block it in your firewall.
do you have a firewall running at this moment ?
If you want help setting up the rule just post back.
/Rob
And what linux distro are you using ?
/Rob