Newbie: detect distribution and Version

Hi there
As you can see abouve I am a newbie to many areas of LINUX.
I already installed several LINUX machines with samba and shorewall with a
little help of webmin....
However I do face problems with the following.
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We do have a Server at the place of our provider.
I can log in as root with putty
Apperently on the server is redhat-release "Fedora Core release 1 (Yarrow)"
installed.
netstat -a ---- shows that ftp is runnig

but if I try to connect via ftp to the server I am not able to conntact!!

Is there a restricton for the root??

Please advise how to build up aftp connection to the server in order to
transfer files like webmin and to install..

Benjamin

Benjamin Z. Gregorian wrote on 20.08.2004 12:19:

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> We do have a Server at the place of our provider.
> I can log in as root with putty

Which protocol?

> Apperently on the server is redhat-release "Fedora Core release 1 (Yarrow)"
s/redhat-release//
> installed.
> netstat -a ---- shows that ftp is runnig

If there is no ftpd, you can't connect to the machine.
^
>
> but if I try to connect via ftp to the server I am not able to conntact!!
>
> Is there a restricton for the root??

man ftpusers

>
> Please advise how to build up aftp connection to the server in order to
> transfer files like webmin and to install..

As you are logging in via Putty, I /assume/ SSH is working. Just use
sftp/scp.

Some advise:
- Never allow remote root logins (sshd_config)
- Always log in as normal user and only su to root for administrative tasks
- Don't use unencrypted protocols like ftp, telnet etc.

Have fun

Walter

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In comp.os.linux.networking Benjamin Z. Gregorian <(E-Mail Removed)> suggested:
> Hi there
> As you can see abouve I am a newbie to many areas of LINUX.
> I already installed several LINUX machines with samba and shorewall with a
> little help of webmin....
> However I do face problems with the following.
> -----------
> We do have a Server at the place of our provider.
> I can log in as root with putty
> Apperently on the server is redhat-release "Fedora Core release 1 (Yarrow)"
> installed.
> netstat -a ---- shows that ftp is runnig

> but if I try to connect via ftp to the server I am not able to conntact!!

> Is there a restricton for the root??

Yep, for good reasons root login via ftp is disabled, as root ssh
login should be. Use some user account and 'su -' or use 'sudo'.

> Please advise how to build up aftp connection to the server in order to
> transfer files like webmin and to install..

Simply use scp, there's a nice M$ GUI frontend called winscp you
can download for free, to transfer files in a secure way to a
*nix box with sshd running, if you are limited to M$ on your
desktop.

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Benjamin Z. Gregorian wrote on 20.08.2004 12:19:

[No FTP]
What on earth has your subject to do with your question?

Walter

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