Telnet Fails

[Eric van Dijken]

Instead of editing /etc/xinetd.d/telnet. You could use the following command:

# chkconfig telnet on

But they are right, ssh is more secure.

[bong_3]

as root user, you can just run

to enable telnet
#/sbin/chkconfig --level 345 telnet on
for ssh
#/sbin/chkconfig --level 345 sshd on

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Bong

[Eric van Dijken]

That would work for sshd, but not for telnet. As telnet is part of the xinetd configuration. Telnet can only be turned on or off.

The correct plan would be:

#/sbin/chkconfig --level 345 xinetd on
#/sbin/chkconfig telnet on