telnet not working

[Binu_5]

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

[Steven E. Protter · Accepted solution]

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

[Binu_5]

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

[Bill Thorsteinson]

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.

[Ivan Ferreira]

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.

[Steven E. Protter]

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

[Senthil Prabu.S_1]

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.