topic Re: telnet not working in Operating System - Linux

telnet not working

Binu_5 — Wed, 16 Nov 2005 10:21:54 GMT

Hi All

I have newly installed redhat linux enterprise verion newly but after intstation
telnet not working ...

error message is connection refused

Please help

Binu

Re: telnet not working

Steven E. Protter — Wed, 16 Nov 2005 10:37:42 GMT

Hi Binu,

disabled by default

vi /etc/xinetd.d/telnet

change disable=yes to disable=no

service xinetd restart

the name might not be telnet, but it will contain the string telnet.

SEP

Re: telnet not working

Binu_5 — Wed, 16 Nov 2005 10:39:29 GMT

Hi

Now the problem is when I connect to the system ..Login prompt is appearing but
if I give the username ...It is giving incorrect login ...

Please help

Binu

Re: telnet not working

Bill Thorsteinson — Wed, 16 Nov 2005 11:59:06 GMT

If you are trying t login to root this
is normal behaviour. Use ssh instead.
Preferred conection is ssh to non-root
account and then us su - or sudo su -
to switch to root. (sudo uses the
passsword of the unprivielged account.

If you are connecting from windows
download and install putty.

Re: telnet not working

Ivan Ferreira — Wed, 16 Nov 2005 12:19:03 GMT

You should not use telnet anymore. Use SSH instead. From linux use:

ssh hostname

ssh ip_of_host

From windows, you can download putty.exe, it's a free ssh client.

Re: telnet not working

Steven E. Protter — Wed, 16 Nov 2005 12:44:18 GMT

root telnet is routinely blocked in Linux distrubutions, even if you turn on telnet.

If you wish to have telnet style services, you should take the ssh recommendation.

chkconfig sshd on

service sshd start

Then connect.

SEP

Re: telnet not working

Senthil Prabu.S_1 — Wed, 16 Nov 2005 23:45:30 GMT

Root telnet have been blocked with redhat linux enterprise nowadays. So use ssh.

Check whether ssh service is running through command service. If not, start it manually.