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On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 12:20 PM, Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> On Wednesday 17 December 2008 20:59:54 Mick wrote: |
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>> On Wednesday 17 December 2008, Dale wrote: |
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>> > Mark Knecht wrote: |
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>> > I know I had webmin installed for a long time but rarely used it. I |
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>> > just couldn't remember if I used it for setting up printing from windoze |
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>> > or not. |
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>> A friend is running webmin on a server and it makes setting up some |
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>> services (like CUPS) easier to visualise/understand. However, the login |
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>> into webmin is set up with the root passwd. This on an Internet facing |
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>> port is making me nervous, but he is sooo attached to GUI solutions I |
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>> cannot convince him that ssh is all he needs. |
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> Have you tried using a clue by 4[1] on him? |
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> It's the tried and trusty Unix tool developed for this very use case |
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> Best demonstrated by pwning his box with a brute-force attack, followed by the |
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> spoken word "See?" |
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> -- |
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> alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com |
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Gawd I love good Linux lists with cool contributors. There is so much |
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for me to learn! |
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What the heck is "a clue by 4[1]"? |
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I suspect this is a dumb question but I freely admit that I'm.... Oh, |
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no I don't! ;-) |
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- Mark |
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