Telnet > ver 8

[Nobody's Hero]

I just installed Linux 8.0 on an E800. I am used to HPUX only. Newbie linux. I need to be able to telnet into the new linux system and remsh. I get a connection refused message. What files do I need to change to allow this option?

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[Bruno Vidal · Accepted solution]

Hi,
What is your linux distrib ?
It change from each distrib...
There is two things:
-first verify /etc/securetty in case you want to log in using root
-if red-hat check /etc/xinetd.d/telnet and change "disable = yes" to "disable = no" and
then restart xinetd: /etc/rc.d/init.d/xinetd stop and then start

Cheers.

[Claudio Cilloni]

verify whether the telnet server is installed:

# rpm -qa | grep telnet-server

If you get no output then it isn't installed.
but if it is, edit the file /etc/xinetd.d/telnet
and change the line 'disabled = yes' in 'disabled = no'. Then restart the xinetd demon:

# service xinetd restart.

this should be enough. Ask if you get other problems!

Bye
Claudio

[Francisco J. Soler]

Hi,

To configure remsh (rsh in linux) you must do similar configuration than HP-UX, edit /etc/hosts.equiv file and add the HP-UX box.

Frank.

[Balaji N]

and to enable remsh to work, u need to edit the ~/.rhosts or /etc/hosts.equiv as the case may be.

-balaji

[John Poff]

Hi,

Your security settings might be stopping you. Try turning off your iptables.

service iptables stop

JP