Johnny Hughes wrote: > Michael wrote: >> After failing to install on two different machines that were running >> Windows, I realized that one machine had a bad hard-drive, and the >> other bad memory. So I've collected the good parts into one machine >> and installed CentOS with SME. This was the fastest install of Linux >> I have every seen, 15 minutes done, configured, and running, web and >> email server. It is a very secure config, no GUI -- just a server. >> >> One problem: MySQL and Telnet can't be accessed remotely, ports not >> open, allow/deny files, something. I've searched the internet and >> hacked around for hours, can't get these services to work remotely. >> >> Anyone here have experience with the SME/e-smith admin tools? >> >> By default SME doesn't install Telnet on port 23, only ssh on port >> 22. So I ran a yum install for telnet, manually started it. I get a >> response from port 23, but connection refused. >> >> Mysql does come installed with SME, however local connections only. I >> can run mysql client on the command line on the SME.CentOS server, >> queries work fine, but not remotely. >> >> I am using Windows Vista as a client workstation, Programmer Studio >> (Whisper Technology) that requires a generic telnet server, and the >> freeware version of Toad to connect to the MySQL server. >> >> >> Any help to weaken the security on SME to allow remote telnet and >> MySQL connections will be very much appreciated! >> > > SME server has their own lists for their products ... just keep in > mind that since they have modified their products, information you get > that is accurate for centos may not be accurate for SME server. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > I have found that with SME support, more than 60% of the standard stuff is managed by SME itself, so it could be best to ask this on their forum? -- Kind Regards Rudi Ahlers CEO, SoftDux Web: http://www.SoftDux.com Check out my technical blog, http://blog.softdux.com for Linux or other technical stuff, or visit http://www.WebHostingTalk.co.za for Web Hosting stuff