I can't telnet to linux

[Yaboto]

I have just freshly installed a linux enterprise version 5 OS. I can PING but I cannot TELNET.
Please, what can I do ?

[Maaz · Accepted solution]

Telnet is not secure, so please do not use.
access your Linux box via 'ssh', if you want to remotely access/manage your Linux box/Server.

SSH(client/server) is installed by default.

on your Linux Server(which you want to remotely managed/administered), start the 'ssh' daemon via following command

service sshd start

after running the above command, from any other linux machine, access your Linux Server via following command

ssh userid@ip.of.linux.server

if you want to remotely access your Linux server from a windows client then first install PuTTY(ssh client for windows).

PuTTy can be download from
http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html

Regards
Maaz

[Michal Kapalka (mikap)]

hi,

you should use ssh instead of telnet.

the telnetd is not running on your system.


hire are some examples how to enable Telnet server on RHEL.

http://chanret.com/archive/index.php/t-5997.html

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-enterprise-47/how-to-enable-telnet-in-rhel-4-368321/

http://aplawrence.com/Linux/enable_telnet.html

mikap

[dirk dierickx]

linux is great, it protects you from doing silly things like using telnet.
leave the 90ties behind and discover the wonderfull world of ssh.

[Yaboto]

thanks !