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Re: [uka_d] Mini-mac as a (kind of) HTPC



Tony wrote:
>> but does have ssh access
>>
>
> Trouble is telnet is just plain text, no encryption to worry about, so
I
> could knock up an app on a windows box to control it in a few minutes
>

telnet on mac os x is disabled by default, but can be enabled with
"sudo
/sbin/service telnet start" (or if you don't have sudo set up, log in
as, or su to, root).

You probably want to be careful not to allow any old machine to get to
your telnet port though...

Jim



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