getting started on remote access

[plasmid]

I am about to attempt to set up my system for remote access, but I'm not sure if I know all that I need to know. Here is my plan/setup. I want to be able to access my machine using my main user, but i don't want root to be able to access the machine from a remote terminal (just more secure in my opinion...if I need to install something it can wait till I'm sitting down in front of my ow monitor. My machine has a an adsl connection to the internet, but the IP is dynamic...which I assume will make access slightly more difficult because I will have to know my current IP. Anyway, I have a basic firewall that was setup by roaring penguin pppoe, which I think I will have to rebuild if I want remote access. I think that I will have to install ssh to keep access secure. I don't have any daemons running that I know of, but I think that I what I want will require a telnet daemon. I was wondering if ssh was an access daemon itself, but I have yet to find out one way or another.

I would love any suggestions people have...I am feeling a little blind about this...sort of feels like when I first installed linux.

thanks

-plasmid

[Bill]

Try using ssh to enter your box remotely and edit the /etc/sshd_config file to where this line reads like so...

PermitRootLogin no

...then either turn off everything in /etc/inetd.conf or delete the file altogether.

Do a...

killall -HUP inetd

...and you should be in business.

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