[wplug] Telnet Server

Weber, Larry A laweber at switch.com
Tue Jan 6 13:37:09 EST 2004


I modified telnet so that disable = no  then reran xinetd

chkconfig telnet reports 'on'
telnetd and telnet-server are not recognized.

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	James O'Kane [SMTP:jo2y at midnightlinux.com]
> Sent:	Tuesday, January 06, 2004 1:26 PM
> To:	'wplug at wplug.org'
> Subject:	Re: [wplug] Telnet Server
> 
> 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
> 
> 
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