telnetd

[Madhu Sudhan_1]

Hello Friends,
How do I start telnetd on Linux 7.1 ?
Iam trying to run /usr/sbin/in.telnetd and it is erring out.
Thanks,

[Vikas_2]

Hi,

check if telnet in /etc/xinetd.d/telnet is disabled. If so, change to disable=no and restart xinetd by /etc/rc.d/init.d/xinetd restart.

Hope this helps.

-Vikas

[Jairo Campana]

ok , the the answer of Vikas is ok.
if the telnet not this in /etc/xnet.d
download the rpm of telnet after intall rpm.
verify with utility interface gnome for rpm aplications.

[Tim Schaefer_1]

I'm pretty sure that 7.1 and higher come with telnet disabled by default.

[Bernie Vande Griend]

The above anwers are correct, but to clarify,
in.telnetd does not run as a daemon. It should be spawned as needed by xinetd or inetd (before Redhat 7.0). And yes, it is disabled by default with xinetd, so you do need to go into /etc/xinetd.d and edit the telnet file there to say disable = no.

[Madhu Sudhan_1]

Thanks for the response. I have enabled the telnet service. Now the problem is Iam able to telnet locally and not via network. When I try to telnet from Windows NT Workstartion, Iam getting an error "Connect failed".
For your Information, Iam able to ping the Linux Server.

Please guide.

Thanks,

[Madhu Sudhan_1]

The problem is solved.

Thank you.