Port 23 not listening

[Vivekanandhan]

I could not telnet to my HP server.even locally I could not do.when I issue netstat -an,found port 23 not listening(not listed)
/etc/inetd.conf and /etc/services is pointing to port23 only and found to be proper.
My Hp server version is 11.11

Please suggest some workarounds.

Regards.

[TwoProc]

first off,
You didn't tell us if telnet is usually available. It may have been turned off for security hardening purposes.

If this is not the case, then, you need to know that
telnet doesn't really listen - xinetd (or inetd) does, and it will start up things for you - telnet, ftp, etc.

Run...
> ps -ef | grep inetd

and see if it is up.

If not, you'll need to start it (it may have died). As root, you can just type
> inetd

to restart it. (the ">" is the prompt)

Afterwards, if telnet is configured, you should be able to login.

[Reshma Malusare]

Hi Vivek,
The inetd daemon is the Internet superserver, which invokes Internet server processes as needed. It must be running before other hosts can connect to the local host through ftp, rcp, remsh, rlogin, and telnet.
So,if telnet is not working then first check for inetd daemon.

Thanks & Regards
Reshma