Re: [cobalt-security] BIG mistake = Big problem = need help pls!

["Icehouse" <icehouse@xxxxxxx>]

What about going into the web based interface [control panel] and activating
standard telnet???


on the raq 4i

http://www.maindomain.com/admin/

then select conrtol panel on left

then check telnet and scroll down to the save button click save and try a
standard telnet

depending on what you have going on theis might work?

Hope it helps

~Icehouse~

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mez" <mez@xxxxxxx>
To: <cobalt-security@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, March 22, 2002 9:41 AM
Subject: [cobalt-security] BIG mistake = Big problem = need help pls!


> OK I have made a big f*** up on my cobalt Raq3 using tcp_wrappers - which
> looks like it has left everyone denied access via SSH, telnet and ftp.
>
> I was trying to make the server more secure as ive been having failed
loggin
> attemps for users therefore I added ALL: ALL to hosts.deny and THOUGH i
had
> added my host correctly to the hosts.allow file - but it looks like I
havent
> as I am unable to ssh into the server now.
>
> The people who host the server, cobaltrack, say there is nothing they can
do
> except reload the OS - which is out of the questions as nothing is backup
on
> the server.
>
> The only access I have to the server now is via the web based interface,
> which i hardly ever used. Anyways I was thinking the old way around this
> would be to make a PKG file that I could load from the web based interface
> which would replace my hosts.allow and hosts.deny with CLEAN copies of
them,
> only prob is I have no idea how to make a PKG file to do this.
>
> If anyone could guide me in the right steps, some hits on where to look on
> the net etc about writing PKG files i would be most greatfull
>
> Thanks
> -John
>
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