On Thu, Nov 14, 2024 at 1:57 PM <pe...@easthope.ca> wrote: > From: Greg Wooledge <g...@wooledge.org> > Date: Sun, 10 Nov 2024 13:41:11 -0500 > > Is this your first time building software from source code? > > Haven't thought about make since about 1993 and my exposure then was > minimal. Remember "make"; not "install". > > > 3) Run "make install" or something equivalent, to copy the program(s) > > to the system directories. This usually requires root privileges. > > Thanks. Was oblivious to that. "man make" gives no mention of install > but > TLDP helps. > https://tldp.org/HOWTO/Software-Building-HOWTO-3.html > https://tldp.org/LDP/LG/current/smith.html > etc. > > > Now, I have absolutely no idea what this "utelnetd" does, ... > > Found it about a week ago. > https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Utelnetd > https://boxmatrix.info/wiki/Property:utelnetd > https://public.pengutronix.de/software/utelnetd/ > https://sourceforge.net/projects/utelnetd/ > The boxmatrix and pengutronix pages suggest that it was developed > primarily to allow a console on an embedded system. >
You should look into Secure Shell SSH instead of telnet. SSH encrypts the traffic but telnet is plain text. SSHD is packaged and available on Debian. > > > If you're struggling with understanding the difference between "make" > > and "make install", then getting this third party program running as a > > service is going to have quite a learning curve for you. > > If all else fails, may ask another question. > > > What's wrong with the telnet daemon that's included in Debian? > > Used it for years. When multiple terminals connected to a central > mainframe it was appropriate. My application is software (embedded) > in a Debian system. Only 2 or 3 telnet consoles needed. > > Gruesome details here. > https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Oberon/ETH_Oberon#Telnet_Console > https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Oberon/A2#User_Level_Applications > > inetd/telnetd is rather overkill and utelned should suffice. > > Regards, ... P. > > -- > VoIP: +1 604 670 0140 > <http://voice.google.com/calls?a=nc,%2B16046700140> > work: https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/User:PeterEasthope > > -- ⢀⣴⠾⠻⢶⣦⠀ ⣾⠁⢠⠒⠀⣿⡁ Debian - The universal operating system ⢿⡄⠘⠷⠚⠋⠀ https://www.debian.org/ ⠈⠳⣄⠀⠀
