[wplug] Telnet Server

[James O'Kane]

On Tue, 6 Jan 2004, Weber, Larry A wrote:

> I need to start telnet-server on Redhat 8.  I have installed the package and
> tried running xinetd but still cannot log onto the PC.  I can ping between
> the two pc's so I am pretty sure it is not a hardware issue.  Any ideas on
> what I need to do to get telnet-server running.   Yes I know ssh is the
> right way but this time it has to be telnet.

is xinetd configured to allow telnet? On a redhat machine, the easiest way 
to turn that on is to run /sbin/chkconfig telnet on (maybe telnet-server)
chkconfig --list will show you the current status.
You can also look at /etc/xinetd.d/telnet to see the current settings.

-james