not able to telnet

[Vikas_2]

Hi, I'm new to Linux and just installed RH 7.1 server. without any firewall configuration. I'm not able to do a telnet to the server. It says---telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused.
Any ideas..what may be going wrong? I tried to load with firewall config also but the result is same. Am I supposed to modify some files to make it work.
TIA
Vikas

[ramesh_4]

there will be a configuration file in /etc. It can be by the name defaults(but i am not sure) that file will have some entries regarding telnet. Then check the inetd.conf file also. IF possible try restarting the inetd daemon.

[Vincenzo Restuccia]

mv /etc/securetty /etc/securetty.prev

[ZEISS · Accepted solution]

I think it's a good idea to edit the file /etc/xinetd.d/telnet and switch disable = yes to disable = no

Then restart the xinetd

[John Love_3]

RH 7.1 by default has Telnet disabled.
Here's what you have to do.
from a prompt type the following:
chkconfig --level 35 telnet on

Then the /etc/xinetd.d/telnet file will be created for you.

You can then type:
service xinetd restart

Now your telnet will work.

FYI, you can see what services are being started when you boot by using the following:
chkconfig --list

Hope this helps!

John

[f. halili]

1st check if you installed the telnet rpms. If you installed it as workstation the telnet server would not be installed by default.

[root@builder /root]# rpm -qa | grep telnet
telnet-0.17-7
telnet-server-0.17-7
[root@builder /root]#

Install the telnet rpm from your installation disk if these are not installed.

- fnhalili

[Vikas_2]

Thankx a lot for y'r help.

Vikas